KW-35-2021: #breaking news : NEW LEONARD COHEN-documentation : Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song – Out of Competition at La Biennale di Venezia 2021

Director:
Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine
Production:
Geller/Goldfine Productions (Daniel Geller, Dayna Goldfine)
Running Time:
115’
Language:
English
Country:
USA
Main Cast:
Leonard Cohen, Brandi Carlile, Eric Church, Judy Collins, Dominique Issermann, John Lissauer, Sharon Robinson, Larry “Ratso” Sloman, Rufus Wainwright, Hal Willner
Cinematographer:
Daniel Geller
Editor:
Dayna Goldfine, Bill Weber, Daniel Geller
Music:
John Lissauer

Synopsis

Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song is a definitive exploration of singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen as seen through the prism of his internationally renowned hymn, Hallelujah. This feature-length documentary weaves together three creative strands: The songwriter and his times. The song’s dramatic journey from record label reject to chart-topping hit. And moving testimonies from major recording artists for whom Hallelujah has become a personal touchstone. Approved for production by Leonard Cohen just before his 80th birthday in 2014, the film accesses a wealth of never-before-seen archival materials from the Cohen Trust including Cohen’s personal notebooks, journals and photographs, performance footage and extremely rare audio recordings and interviews.

Directors’ Statement

This project began as an exploration of Hallelujah and its international impact. When we started filming in 2016, our focus was the people who had been involved with recording and singing the song. Those initial interviews proved we were on to an entertaining story, but they also illuminated something deeper about Hallelujah and the man who wrote it. So, we expanded our reach to include Leonard Cohen’s intimates—his spiritual counselors, his longtime friends and collaborators, his intellectual sparring partners. These interviewees speak in depth about Cohen’s lifelong focus on the human condition, allowing our film to explore the deepest questions about faith and the psychological constructs that serve to both support and obstruct us throughout our lives, or as Leonard Cohen would call it “the broken Hallelujah.”

KW-35-2021: Leonard Cohen lost in translation : 1988 in Spansih TV

 

With full respect to the interviewer for taking on the difficult task of translating the conversation while conducting the interview, it’s pretty clear that there was a language barrier here (or maybe just a lack of preparation on the part of the station for not having a dedicated translator/subtitles). I’m guessing that Cohen gave up and switched to French in the end out of frustration after her last question.

KW-35-2021: EXKLUSIV: Hier ist dein erster Clip zum Dokumentarfilm Hallelujah von den Filmfestspielen von Venedig: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, der morgen (2. September) auf dem Lido seine Weltpremiere feiert. – Here’s the first clip for Venice Film Festival documentary Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song, which gets its world premiere tomorrow (Sept 2) on the Lido.

‘Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song’: First Clip For Venice Film Festival Doc

KW-35-2021: preview into september – erstes Konzert soldout – zweites schon angekündigt: 18.9.21

The Leonard Cohen tribute concert being held at Gorey Little Theatre in Gorey, Wexford, Ireland on 17th and 18th September is now offering you an extra 50 seats on each night … so click on the live link and keep on booking …