Leonard Cohen - I'm Your Man (Blu-ray) PG-13
A documentary on the legendary singer-songwriter, with performances by those musicians he has influenced.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 43 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: February 7, 2017
- Originally Released: 2005
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Leonard Cohen | |
Featured: | Martha Wainwright, Beth Orton, The Handsome Family, Perla Batalla, Hal Willner, Jarvis Cocker, Julie Christensen, Kate McGarrigle, Anne McGarrigle, Teddy Thompson, Nick Cave, Rufus Wainwright & U2 | |
Directed by | Lian Lunson | |
Produced by | Mel Gibson, Lian Lunson & Bruce Davey | |
Director of Photography: | John Pirozzi, Geoffrey Hall, Lian Lunson & Brit Marling |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: C+ --
A mixed bag of interviews and musical tribute concert performances that range from great to awful.
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Laramie Movie Scope
Rating: B+ --
I'm Your Man may be as close as we'll ever get to Cohen on film.
Denver Rocky Mountain News
Rating: 3/5 --
Cohen is clearly a songwriter's songwriter, and the resulting movie brims with an infectious passion for the man's melodies and sardonic wit. Unfortunately, the performances are interspersed with interview footage that is much less captivating.
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BBC.com
Rating: 2/5 --
Hit and miss tribute to the great melancholist.
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Empire Magazine
[T]he many highlights include a fabulous version of 'Chelsea Hotel No. 2 sung by Rufus Wainwright... -- Grade: B
Entertainment Weekly
[With] some interesting glimpses into Cohen's world...[The performances] are quite special...
Sight and Sound
Fans of his poetry-like songs whose lyrics conjure imagery of his thoughts and experiences, will revel in this emotion and music-filled tribute.
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Urban Cinefile
Product Description:
Leonard Cohen manages to garner fans from the unlikeliest of places despite his distinctly un-rock-&-roll appearance and a set of songs that veer closer to poetry than to their uneasy bedfellows in the pantheon of popular music. But viewers looking for an in-depth analysis of the man behind some of the most deeply introspective music ever recorded should look elsewhere: LEONARD COHEN: I'M YOUR MAN contains precious little insight from Cohen himself. Instead, director Lian Lunson has pieced together a warm tribute to the Canadian singer, drawing on the words of his many celebrity fans while also sharing generous amounts of footage from a Cohen tribute concert staged in 2005. The concert was filmed in Australia, with the bulk of the celebrity testimonials coming from performers at the show. The eclectic array of artists taking part include Nick Cave, Pulp's Jarvis Cocker, Martha and Rufus Wainwright, and folk legend Linda Thompson, all of whom perform unique interpretations of Cohen-penned classics such as "I'm Your Man" (Cave) and "Chelsea Hotel #2" (Rufus Wainwright). Lunson intersperses the concert footage with interviews from the stars, the most vocal and effusive praise coming from the Edge and Bono from U2, who are seen backing Cohen on a rendition of "Tower of Song" as the movie closes. Cohen himself is also given some screen time in which he muses on a number of interesting topics, but Lunson's piece is mostly designed as a straight tribute to a man who has never sat easily in the contemporary music world, much to the delight of his fans.
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