简介：Producedin1965,this45-minutepromoforthethenyouthfullookingLeonardCohenfunctionsnowasafadedcinematicsnapshotofthemanwho,inthefortyyearssincethepromowasmade,hasevolvedintoPlanetEarth'sgreatestlivingpoetandsongwriter. Withajazzymusicalscore,thisB&Wtapenarratesakindof"dayinthelifeof"theme.Itcapturestosomeextenttheman'spersonalitywhich,surprisingly,exudedconsiderablehumor,vis-a-visthediremorbidityforwhichhehassincebecomeknown.Ofcourse,Westerncultureinthe1960swasfriendliertopoetsgenerally.Inrecentdecades,particularlyintheU.S.,manypeoplehavebecomeovertlyhostiletowardallthingsintellectual.Inpointoffact,Cohen'sworkshaveneverbeenaspopularintheU.S.astheyhavebeeninEuropeandCanada.TheU.S.aside,Cohen'sworldwidepopularityandlongevityspeakvolumesabouthistalent,andremindmeoftheongoingpopularityofasimilar1960'stalent:theMoodyBlues. SomecommentsthatCohenmakesinthefilmmayraiseeyebrowsorseemcontradictory.Butthatspeaksasmuchtoourcurrentdayobsessionwithlogic,rigidanalysis,andmaterialismasitdoestoCohen'sremarks.Tryingto"analyze"poetsorpoetryisuseless,andrepresentsafundamentalmisunderstandingofwhatpoetryisallabout. IbelievethatitwasBenjaminDisraeliwhosaid"thepoetisthepainterofthesoul".Inourcurrentaridandmoreorless"soul-less"culture,LeonardCohengivestousawonderfullyuniquewayofseeingtheworld,aloftierpointofview,basedontruth,sensitivity,andintuition.This45-minute"filmmette"isamust-seeforpeoplewhoarethusreceptivetouncommoninsightfromanuncommonman…