Love Mr.Cohen, his songs are warm and his voice like an angel. So long Marianne, hallelujah, the partisan, famous blue raincoat just to name a few. A true artist and a poet. R.I.P Mr. Leonard Cohen. You're truly missed.
There was nobody like Leonard Cohen. And there never will be again. No other poet, novelist, song composer has taken me on their personal life's work, the highs and lows, the mysterious of the heart- and of the spirit- I miss him every moment of every day- he belonged to a few lucky women in several ways but many, many more wanted him- and needed him, much to the chagrin of their partners...R.I.P. dearest, Leonard. Please visit me in a dream...Namaste
Leonard Cohen captured slices of life, death and feeling, beauty and sadness, light and dark - and has offered them up to the world as songs. Many have tried to imitate and emulate, but Cohen was a Stradivarius in a world full of cheap copycat violins. He was the real deal. Nothing short of emotional musical genius. 🎼
Grew up with Mr Cohen’s words and music always enriching my life and spirituality. Thank you so much Leonard. You were a giant among the rest of us mortals. Paul Finbar McCarthy.
Just saw this film at the Old Greenbelt Theatre near Washington DC and can highly recommend. Incredible document of Cohen's song of life and gracious demeanor.
i would recommend Sylvie Symmond’s biography to anyone interested in this. Most of the material comes from her own interviews with Leonard and many others from his life and covers everything right from his birth to his death and beyond, it’s a really touching and honest biography of his life and works.
I saw Hallelujah at its Premiere at the Hammer Museum in LA with the Filmmakers in attendance doing post Q&A. I saw him play in Vancouver, and as a long time fan, fellow Canadian, musician and ex Zen Monk it was incredibly touching on so many levels for me personally. Tears were dripping down my cheeks the last 30 minutes. It is a remarkable doc, extremely well made and thoughtful. Bringing to light his artistic genius, as well as his life history, dedication and struggles he faced as a great artist and human. I highly recommend this film.
@@daynagoldfine1602 Thank you for making such a wonderful tribute to Leonard and telling it so beautifully with the theme of the song. I use to think it was a bit churchy, but now I know that it comes from a far greater dimension, than any simply a religious place, its from a place of unified Oneness that has rippled beyond time and space. Thank you for telling this story so well.
Loved this song my entire life. Chased every rendition I could find. Gotta see this documentary. The master who laid the ground for the most beautiful song of all time.
Have you heard Kathryn Williams' rendition? Recorded live at Regents Park open air theatre in London. I was there, it was a magical, extraordinary evening.
@@MaryEllis119 Hey! I was able to find williams rendition from her revalations (?) cd but not the regents park. But she has a lovely breathy version nonetheless. What brought me around to chasing this song (quite frankly written by an artist w a not-so-good voice!) was a version from Rufus Wainwright. Discovered it almost 3yrs ago with wainwright singing and at least 1,000 people chorus joining in - a remarkable video. To see this gathering of so many people standing close together really moved me at a time when we could only enter a grocery store 20 at a time... and Inspired me to hang on to positivity and forward thought. Thanks for responding Mary. It meant a lot. Send me the Williams link if you can find it, dear. I'd ❤️ to hear it.
Oddly enough, I’ve been back on a heavy Cohen rotation, and just now I seen what appears to be an amazing documentary on my beloved Cohen. Miss you, Lenny. Thank you for your guidance through life.
Best concert I ever saw (maybe a tie with Queen at the Glasgow Apollo in 1979) was Leonard Cohen at the Cardiff International Arena. He had a backing band filled with famous musicians in their own right who seemed to be just delighted to be sharing the stage with the great man.
I bought my first Leaonard Cohen book of poetry, Selected Poems 1958-1968, when it first came out and I was still in high school in Montreal, Leonard's home town. His first album had just come out a year before with Suzanne. I've resonated to his poetry and music till now. This excellent and well documented film is thrilling and truthful from beginning to end intimately sharing both his poetic and spiritual journey. Thanks so much to Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine as well as to Sony for producing and releasing this very fine and sensitive portrait.
I've seen the movie . 40 persons in the cinema, all fans of him. Fantastic experience : a long moment of communion, a long conversation with a friend... The same thing that when you're looking at the sky, watching the stars, understanding you are just dust but you're living for a moment....
As much as I've enjoyed the latest crop of rockstar/musician biopics that paved the way for this, I'm so much more interested in seeing a real documentary about real Leonard than watching another fictionalized movie. I'm so much more excited by this movie than I was about those ones.
Me too. The first time at his concert in Constitution Square in my home town Bucharest (Romania) on 22 September 2012, when we all sang him Happy Birthday for his 78th birthday. The second time just 3 months later, in December 2012 at the K-Rock Center in Kingston, ON (Canada). Amazing both times. I love the Gentleman of Song! ❤
I've been a passionate listener and reader of Leonard's work since I was first introduced in 1975. Thank you, Keith Brown! The two times I saw him in concert were extraordinary events. I'm looking forward to this documentary.
Thank you, bless you, Judy Collins...for your work, for encouraging this shy, Canadian poet, to go on stage...Before there was, Hallelujah there was "my" song, Suzanne...Namaste
He was a Cohenim, and he sang such a reverential piece, not just any piece, but a masterpiece...HALLELUJAH! Leonard was for the people...as in the job of Cohenim. And why this song is important (to me especially)... And why God has always loved this song, how flawed we are and in need of a Perfect God! And no, God doesn't care for the "music" per se, but the one who is seeking TRUTH...even when the seeker is at his lowest moments. God desires that we come in our brokenness and despair before Him..flaws and all to bare. Leonard was not ashamed to be "naked" before God, with his heartfelt humble words, his poetic soul, like King David in the Psalms. We all need to stop striving for our own version of "peace" and come before the Prince of Peace, even if it means we have nothing left to give, we are giving still. And when you are at the bottom, you will look up. It's just unfortunate that we need the bottom that life "offers", before we are humbled to look up. All we need to give up, is of our own "self", our will and wants and desires. Let God's Will be done. Amen! That is all God has ever wanted from us. His Creation to come back to Him. Not what we create and have created. We will never understand, until we let go of "self" and lay down like Isaac was laid down. God will always show you everything He isn't, just to show you Who He IS. Amen and Amen...or perhaps a more fitting HALLELUJAH is appropriate here! AMEN! God bless everyone! I am blessed greatly by this song, Leonard, I am in deep gratitude to your Song of Life! Thank you for blessing the world, by sharing your heart with it!
Saw him on his second last tour after his manger ripped him off... I later learned his cousins were in the audience... he performed like a man posessed... I was very impressed and turned to the lady beside me appropriately named Mary to ask her opjnion. "We're watching greatness" was her reply...
Bob Dylan was playing this song in lots of his concerts way back in the 80s, long before the others started covering it. How the researchers overlooked this fact is a huge omission. Dylan heard it early on and started playing it.
Tbf, folkies cover each other's songs all the time, so it's not unique or strange that Bob did so with Leonard (hell, Baez and PP&M basically made careers out of it). Plus, it's just a trailer, so they might go more into it later on. After all, Bob's cover isn't nearly as well known as Buckley's or even Wainwright's
Just saw this on netflix...omg...so good...and then this end w kd lang...i cried.... Btw...am i the only who thinks he and Anthony Bourdain look a lot alike...lol
The New York premiere is June 12 at the Tribeca Film Festival. The it opens theatrically in NY and LA on July 1. After that it will expand around the US, Canada and Europe. Thank you for asking!
The incredible journey of a man who only wrote one song. Jesus Christ, can we give it a break with Hallelujah?! Cohen's catalogue is FULL of masterworks - this song is not any better than many, many of them just because a bunch of people covered it.
People get this song so out of proportion. I read an interview long ago he had in People magazine I think, he stated it was about his opinion of a conventional relationship between a married couple, where one or the other gives up any other sexual or meaningful relationships to be true then finds out they have been cheated on or is told the other no longer loves them. The rate of marriage even when he wrote it was about a 50/50 chance of making it and many have had affairs that do make it. Cohen was Catholic, which means he was well educated on that religion, which forbids fornication or sex out of marriage. He like many Catholics that have left the church would feel guilty at times, so the song was also a sarcastic statement toward the whole "Praise God " thing. Its many lyrics not in it, it was written over night and was actually a lot of his personal thoughts, which like many others I can relate to as well. I was raised Catholic, it's like a gigantic cult. The words like "maybe there's a god above, but for me all I ever learned from love, is to shoot someone who out drew ya" and "your faith was strong but you needed proof" are very much how I look at life. Not by choice, as much as people. Cohen also stated he was referring to how stupidly messed up the world is, but occasionally we can reconcile some of it, but just occasionally. It was never about praising God or how God would fix all, it was beig sarcastic to God....
Such an amazing poem/song. I also dislike that it is promoted as a Chistmas song and on radio rotation in December. It certainly is not a Christmas song.
A bit too late. I was listening to Leonard back for a while. It's been years since his death. I heard everything he had to do. I saw a different documentary. This should have come out while he was alive. I know most of the story. Liked a variety of his songs. May eventually give it a try but at this point I kind of burned out.
Ugh. They can’t leave Jews or Jewish stuff alone, damn. Of course, they worship a dead Jew who was hung on a Roman torture device, and call it love, so…
I got my shit together by reading Dostoevsky, watching Tarkovsky and Listening Leonard Cohen.
Same here!
Nice combo
Love Mr.Cohen, his songs are warm and his voice like an angel. So long Marianne, hallelujah, the partisan, famous blue raincoat just to name a few. A true artist and a poet. R.I.P Mr. Leonard Cohen. You're truly missed.
Hallelujah!
There was nobody like Leonard Cohen. And there never will be again. No other poet, novelist, song composer has taken me on their personal life's work, the highs and lows, the mysterious of the heart- and of the spirit- I miss him every moment of every day- he belonged to a few lucky women in several ways but many, many more wanted him- and needed him, much to the chagrin of their partners...R.I.P. dearest, Leonard. Please visit me in a dream...Namaste
Leonard Cohen captured slices of life, death and feeling, beauty and sadness, light and dark - and has offered them up to the world as songs. Many have tried to imitate and emulate, but Cohen was a Stradivarius in a world full of cheap copycat violins. He was the real deal. Nothing short of emotional musical genius. 🎼
Leonard Cohen was a true poet who deserved that Nobel Prize.
5 years more and I still miss you my zen Master, my poet, my model... Thank you for towers of song you gave us as gift... 🙏❤️
His voice is haunting, his lyrics enchanting and his spirit endures.
a poet of unrivaled gifts , his words have brought me to tears times beyond count
Grew up with Mr Cohen’s words and music always enriching my life and spirituality. Thank you so much Leonard. You were a giant among the rest of us mortals. Paul Finbar McCarthy.
Feeling so priviliged for being able to see and hear him in concert. Remarkable!
13th row at The Nokia Theater, DTLA 2009.
Saw him twice - both times in London - a real privilege I agree.
I saw him twice in Los Angeles about 1975. I remember the audience was a group of eclectic, non-conformists. Very memorable.
Saw him 3 times. Every single time was pure joy.
how did you watch it
The one song I will never grow tired of - "Hallelujah", deserves its own documentary. I hope it wins the Oscar in its nominated category.
"-You look around and you see a world that cannot be made sense of. You either raise your fist, or you say hallelujah."
So needed today. It's like he is trying to spread peace from the grave
@@lauraanne5175 Well said
Just saw this film at the Old Greenbelt Theatre near Washington DC and can highly recommend. Incredible document of Cohen's song of life and gracious demeanor.
Leonard Cohen: "I tried to do both".
Why this made me tear up I do not know.
I love and miss you, Mr. Cohen. You are the man. Looking forward to watching a film regarding your Magnum Opus 🖤
i would recommend Sylvie Symmond’s biography to anyone interested in this. Most of the material comes from her own interviews with Leonard and many others from his life and covers everything right from his birth to his death and beyond, it’s a really touching and honest biography of his life and works.
I saw Hallelujah at its Premiere at the Hammer Museum in LA with the Filmmakers in attendance doing post Q&A. I saw him play in Vancouver, and as a long time fan, fellow Canadian, musician and ex Zen Monk it was incredibly touching on so many levels for me personally. Tears were dripping down my cheeks the last 30 minutes. It is a remarkable doc, extremely well made and thoughtful. Bringing to light his artistic genius, as well as his life history, dedication and struggles he faced as a great artist and human. I highly recommend this film.
Thank you SO much for being there at the Hammer!
@@daynagoldfine1602 Thank you for making such a wonderful tribute to Leonard and telling it so beautifully with the theme of the song. I use to think it was a bit churchy, but now I know that it comes from a far greater dimension, than any simply a religious place, its from a place of unified Oneness that has rippled beyond time and space. Thank you for telling this story so well.
Thank you for making a truly wonderful film, It brought out feelings I have missed, truly a spiritual journey! Namaste.
The world has been made better by his being.
Loved this song my entire life. Chased every rendition I could find. Gotta see this documentary. The master who laid the ground for the most beautiful song of all time.
Have you heard Kathryn Williams' rendition? Recorded live at Regents Park open air theatre in London. I was there, it was a magical, extraordinary evening.
@@MaryEllis119 Hey! I was able to find williams rendition from her revalations (?) cd but not the regents park. But she has a lovely breathy version nonetheless. What brought me around to chasing this song (quite frankly written by an artist w a not-so-good voice!) was a version from Rufus Wainwright. Discovered it almost 3yrs ago with wainwright singing and at least 1,000 people chorus joining in - a remarkable video. To see this gathering of so many people standing close together really moved me at a time when we could only enter a grocery store 20 at a time... and Inspired me to hang on to positivity and forward thought. Thanks for responding Mary. It meant a lot. Send me the Williams link if you can find it, dear. I'd ❤️ to hear it.
Oddly enough, I’ve been back on a heavy Cohen rotation, and just now I seen what appears to be an amazing documentary on my beloved Cohen. Miss you, Lenny. Thank you for your guidance through life.
This documentary was absolutely stunning
Best concert I ever saw (maybe a tie with Queen at the Glasgow Apollo in 1979) was Leonard Cohen at the Cardiff International Arena. He had a backing band filled with famous musicians in their own right who seemed to be just delighted to be sharing the stage with the great man.
Meant to say Cardiff International Arena in 2008 😊
I bought my first Leaonard Cohen book of poetry, Selected Poems 1958-1968, when it first came out and I was still in high school in Montreal, Leonard's home town. His first album had just come out a year before with Suzanne. I've resonated to his poetry and music till now. This excellent and well documented film is thrilling and truthful from beginning to end intimately sharing both his poetic and spiritual journey. Thanks so much to Dan Geller and Dayna Goldfine as well as to Sony for producing and releasing this very fine and sensitive portrait.
beautiful, intriguing trailer, looking forward to the film
Can't wait for this!
I agree miss you tremendously
What a great man and poet...
Cannot wait to watch this film🤍
This is truly brilliant film...an amazing man Mr Cohen, and the impact on culture this song has had...well worth seeing.
I've seen the movie . 40 persons in the cinema, all fans of him. Fantastic experience : a long moment of communion, a long conversation with a friend... The same thing that when you're looking at the sky, watching the stars, understanding you are just dust but you're living for a moment....
Unforgettable, tears in my eyes and goosebumps everywhere ❤️... Divine artist .. Magic!! So glad to have seen him live..
The one and only, a master of his craft.
As much as I've enjoyed the latest crop of rockstar/musician biopics that paved the way for this, I'm so much more interested in seeing a real documentary about real Leonard than watching another fictionalized movie. I'm so much more excited by this movie than I was about those ones.
Thank you! In theaters starting July 1st ❤️
Wonderful!
This is brilliant!!
I saw him in concert twice. Remarkable.
Me too. The first time at his concert in Constitution Square in my home town Bucharest (Romania) on 22 September 2012, when we all sang him Happy Birthday for his 78th birthday. The second time just 3 months later, in December 2012 at the K-Rock Center in Kingston, ON (Canada). Amazing both times. I love the Gentleman of Song! ❤
I can't wait
Wonderful documentary about a remarkable man.
I've been a passionate listener and reader of Leonard's work since I was first introduced in 1975. Thank you, Keith Brown! The two times I saw him in concert were extraordinary events. I'm looking forward to this documentary.
It’s phenomenal. A journey in itself.
Thank you, bless you, Judy Collins...for your work, for encouraging this shy, Canadian poet, to go on stage...Before there was, Hallelujah there was "my" song, Suzanne...Namaste
My partner and I were blessed to see him in concert in 2013 🎵🙏
if only the impossible IS possible. sometime, some-where...leonard cohen and his creativity can be alive and seen and heard and revelled at again
He was a Cohenim, and he sang such a reverential piece, not just any piece, but a masterpiece...HALLELUJAH!
Leonard was for the people...as in the job of Cohenim.
And why this song is important (to me especially)...
And why God has always loved this song, how flawed we are and in need of a Perfect God!
And no, God doesn't care for the "music" per se, but the one who is seeking TRUTH...even when the seeker is at his lowest moments.
God desires that we come in our brokenness and despair before Him..flaws and all to bare.
Leonard was not ashamed to be "naked" before God, with his heartfelt humble words, his poetic soul, like King David in the Psalms. We all need to stop striving for our own version of "peace" and come before the Prince of Peace, even if it means we have nothing left to give, we are giving still.
And when you are at the bottom, you will look up. It's just unfortunate that we need the bottom that life "offers", before we are humbled to look up.
All we need to give up, is of our own "self", our will and wants and desires. Let God's Will be done. Amen!
That is all God has ever wanted from us. His Creation to come back to Him. Not what we create and have created. We will never understand, until we let go of "self" and lay down like Isaac was laid down.
God will always show you everything He isn't, just to show you Who He IS. Amen and Amen...or perhaps a more fitting HALLELUJAH is appropriate here! AMEN!
God bless everyone!
I am blessed greatly by this song, Leonard, I am in deep gratitude to your Song of Life!
Thank you for blessing the world, by sharing your heart with it!
Incredibly inspiring film.
Thank you for making time to see it!
Really cool!
I cry EVERY time I hear this song ☹️
Bless Leonard, God bless him always and forever
Can’t wait!
Ikr, gives me something to look forward to in the treacherous times.
Wonderful man, saw him in Edinburgh, Glasgow Manchester and New York 2008/2009
Had the pleasure of seeing him twice,at the N E C , Birmingham. Awesome.
Priceless 💚💚💚💚✨️✨️✨️
Hadn’t seen this trailer. Thank you.
Saw him on his second last tour after his manger ripped him off... I later learned his cousins were in the audience... he performed like a man posessed... I was very impressed and turned to the lady beside me appropriately named Mary to ask her opjnion. "We're watching greatness" was her reply...
Great man!♥️
Can't wait to the new doco-movie hits Australia.
HALLELUJAH is playing in Australian theaters now ❤️
LOVE him!!
I saw the Coachella performance. It was transcendent.
Cute cat 🤗 lot of memories in that song. Great cardriving song late nights, in beetween dream and reality, its quite enough now
Cohen is the grandmaster of songs that make sense to those that actually listen.
It's my favorite song forever.🤍
Very excited. Can they please talk about all of Leonard’s songs. Many great ones!
There are 22 other Leonard Cohen songs in the film!
Hi @@daynagoldfine1602 Australians might have access to the film where, when or how?
The film is playing in Australian theaters now ❤️
Thanks. @@daynagoldfine1602 No doubt it will move into our area soon. :)
He is not a once-in-a-lifetime talent.
He is a once-in-all-of-creation talent.
Leonard is unique!
Bob Dylan was playing this song in lots of his concerts way back in the 80s, long before the others started covering it. How the researchers overlooked this fact is a huge omission. Dylan heard it early on and started playing it.
It wasn't over looked in this film... come see it!
You really think they're going to put every fact into a trailer?
Tbf, folkies cover each other's songs all the time, so it's not unique or strange that Bob did so with Leonard (hell, Baez and PP&M basically made careers out of it). Plus, it's just a trailer, so they might go more into it later on. After all, Bob's cover isn't nearly as well known as Buckley's or even Wainwright's
i guarantee you it will be mentioned in the film...
It’s in the film. Don’t pretend to review it before you watch it. 🙄
Can't wait to see this. I love performing Hallelujah and many more of Cohen's iconic songs in my Spirit of Leonard Cohen show here in Australia.
The film will be opening theatrically in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth around July 15
My 9 year old granddaughter loves this song, she practices it trying to sing it better.
💎
Brandi is in this!
Excelente
I can NOT wait to see this! My favorite cover has to be by Puddles Pitty Party. (Highly recommend his biography to learn more. Very interesting man)
Where are you going to see it?
@@LIEBMAN22 saw it at local theater
Only HE could sing this song as it should be sang.........
still love it!!
The G O A T ...
What a guy.
May I point to the book The Holy and The Broken covering the evolution of the song.
This film was inspired by that book. Alan Light is consulting producer!
great - when will it come out?
It's opening theatrically in NYC and LA on July 1 and then expanding to theaters across the country the following week.
@@daynagoldfine1602 Thanks!
Just saw this on netflix...omg...so good...and then this end w kd lang...i cried....
Btw...am i the only who thinks he and Anthony Bourdain look a lot alike...lol
Where and when will this be available on a stream?
Nobody seems to know.
When is release and where to watch?
The New York premiere is June 12 at the Tribeca Film Festival. The it opens theatrically in NY and LA on July 1. After that it will expand around the US, Canada and Europe. Thank you for asking!
@@daynagoldfine1602 Thank you
RIP.
Agree
Where can this be seen now?
The incredible journey of a man who only wrote one song.
Jesus Christ, can we give it a break with Hallelujah?! Cohen's catalogue is FULL of masterworks - this song is not any better than many, many of them just because a bunch of people covered it.
Amen to that
The doc is about Cohen's life and career... Not just one song.
The story of Hallelujah is a big part, but it's not the only subject.
People get this song so out of proportion. I read an interview long ago he had in People magazine I think, he stated it was about his opinion of a conventional relationship between a married couple, where one or the other gives up any other sexual or meaningful relationships to be true then finds out they have been cheated on or is told the other no longer loves them. The rate of marriage even when he wrote it was about a 50/50 chance of making it and many have had affairs that do make it. Cohen was Catholic, which means he was well educated on that religion, which forbids fornication or sex out of marriage. He like many Catholics that have left the church would feel guilty at times, so the song was also a sarcastic statement toward the whole "Praise God " thing. Its many lyrics not in it, it was written over night and was actually a lot of his personal thoughts, which like many others I can relate to as well. I was raised Catholic, it's like a gigantic cult. The words like "maybe there's a god above, but for me all I ever learned from love, is to shoot someone who out drew ya" and "your faith was strong but you needed proof" are very much how I look at life. Not by choice, as much as people. Cohen also stated he was referring to how stupidly messed up the world is, but occasionally we can reconcile some of it, but just occasionally. It was never about praising God or how God would fix all, it was beig sarcastic to God....
A song about menopause now sung as a Christmas carol.
Such an amazing poem/song. I also dislike that it is promoted as a Chistmas song and on radio rotation in December. It certainly is not a Christmas song.
Hated Jeff Buckley's version, loved John Cale's, but that's Leonard's song!
❤Vai cantar no meu Casamento Jesus Cristo paga❤
My favorite is still KD Lang
i've loved the song since shrek
A bit too late. I was listening to Leonard back for a while. It's been years since his death. I heard everything he had to do. I saw a different documentary. This should have come out while he was alive. I know most of the story. Liked a variety of his songs. May eventually give it a try but at this point I kind of burned out.
So where can I watch this doc?
At GIY.
He looks so much like Dustin Hoffman
I wandered who he reminds me of.
Al Pacino, Jools Holland, Dustin Hoffman?
I’d rather raise my fist!
He has other songs you know
Indeed he does and 22 of them are featured in this film!
It's not his only song you know...
Indeed... there are MANY other LC songs in this film!
@@daynagoldfine1602 That's good. I thought it was just talking about that one song.
It looks at LC thru the prism of Hallelujah but we believe all of his work is connected. So there 22 other Cohen songs in this film 😉
@@daynagoldfine1602 sounds great. Can't wait to see it
yup, everone is singing the song but only one persong can sing the song correctly
Yeah, Jeff Buckley.
@@lankyshanks6962 the answer is incorrect 😛😘
I bet the verse count was 108.
I've heard versions of the song where the lyrics are entirely changed to turn it into a Christian propaganda piece. Truly awful.
Ugh. They can’t leave Jews or Jewish stuff alone, damn. Of course, they worship a dead Jew who was hung on a Roman torture device, and call it love, so…
He out Dylaned Dylan
What does that even mean? He was the best and Only Leonard Cohen.
Its a good song, but really stood out as being way out of place in shrek,
The music is great but the lyrics... Im not sure. Maybe cause im not a native speaker.
it is the most over-hyped song ever. some would go as saying it is not even a good song.