Ladies and Gentlemen… Mr. Leonard Cohen

Donald Brittain, Don Owen, 1965, 44 min 1 s

“Ladies and Gentlemen…Mr. Leonard Cohen paints an informal portrait of the legendary Montreal poet, novelist and songwriter both onstage and off. “

An interesting Canadian companion piece to Herzog’s GRIZZLY MAN, though released 9 years earlier. Perhaps one could make something of the rather confused aims of this guy with Timothy Treadwill’s messianic delusions as depictions of national character. i don’t know, me brain don’t work no good no more.

Log Driver’s Waltz: Dir. John Weldon, Music by Kate and Anna McGarrigle, 1979.

THE MEMORIES OF ANGELS, Dir. Luc Bourdon, 2008.

A montage of footage of life in Montreal in the 1950s and 1960s, using clips from 120 National Film Board of Canada films.

Lonely Boy (Dir. Wolf Koenig & Roman Kroitor , 1962) follows Paul Anka as he performs before mobs of teenage girls and ponders his own appeal.