This Genie Award–winning documentary follows a 30-year-old Leonard Cohen on a visit to his hometown of Montreal. Before he was the celebrated musician, Cohen was a poet and a novelist. This NFB documentary casually observes Cohen in his daily routine: he bathes, he gets a haircut, he delivers a reading before an audience. As he goes about his day, a portrait emerges of a thoughtful, perceptive and soulful man.
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Poen | D: Josef Reeve | Canada | 1967 | 4 min
Leonard Cohen delivers four different readings of a poem from his book Beautiful Losers. Each time it is a little different, and each time the accompanying visuals evoke new responses.
Poets on Film No. 1 | D: Bozenna Heczko, Elizabeth Lewis, Gayle Thomas & Janet Perlman | Canada | 1977 | 8 min
This short film brings together animated interpretations of four poems by Canadian writers: Riverdale Lion by John Robert Colombo, A Kite Is a Victim by Leonard Cohen, Klaxon by James Reaney and George Johnston’s The Bulge.
