There are many more DVD-Documentaries about Leonard Cohen, but those DVDs are mostly not authorised by Leonard Cohen, His Management or Record Label.

Hereby you can read about some, which were coming out in the last ten years …Most wellknown is the one called „Under Review“, which is existing as Vol. 1 and Vol. II oder as a Complete Version.

2007

Under Review – A Documentary Film (1934-1977)*/ ****

Running Time: 87 Minuten

The man’s an enigma wrapped in a mystery, his music, an acquired taste that appeals universally, and his life one of great art, astonishing experience, and myriad circumstance. Leonard Cohen was never going to be the man on the street. Leonard Cohen – Under Review 1935 -1977 is a 90-minute documentary film which reviews the poetry, music, performances and career of one of contemporary America’s greatest artists.

Features Include:

• Musical Performances of Leonard Cohen reviewed by our team of esteemed experts.

• Obscure footage, rare Interviews, and rarely seen photographs of and with Leonard.

• Review, comment, criticism and insight from; official Cohen biographer, Ira Nadel; Leonard’s regulär guitarist and band leader, Ron Cornelius; producer on the New Skin For The Old Ceremony and New Positions albums, John Lissauer; studio owner and engineer on Death OfA Ladies‘ Man, David Gold, Cohen’s backing vocalist, Ronee Blakley; producer of Songs Of Leonard Cohen, John Simon; Music Editor from Village Voice, Robert Christgau; Rolling Stone magazine’s, Anthony De Curtis and many others.

• Live and studio recordings of Cohen Classics reappraised by our panel.

Extras Include:

• Special Feature; Army Life – Ron Cornelius talks about leading Cohen’s backing band The Army‘

• Digital Gaming Feature – ‚Leonard Cohen – The Ultimate Challenge‘

• Füll Contributor Biographies

This film is not authorised by Leonard Cohen, his record label or management.

2008

Under Review – A Documentary Film (1978-2006)*/ ****

Running Time: 64 Minuten

By 1978 Leonard Cohen had already produced a staggering body of work that had firmly set the Standard for the singer-songwriter genre and contained numerous classic songs within its canon. If, like many of his contemporaries, his muse had abandoned him around this time, he would still today be regarded äs a genius. But the 6 Studio albums released between then and 2006 contained some of the finest work of Cohen’s entire career and on tracks such äs ‚First We Take Manhattan‘, ‚Dance Me To The End Of Love‘, ‚The Future‘, I’m Your Man‘, ‚Ain’t No Cure For Love‘, ‚Tower Of Song‘ and so many others, he augmented his music with a philosophy, wisdom and enlightenment that both delighted his existing fanbase and endeared him to new generations in a manner that few others could hope to achieve. This film mixes rare performance tbotage, Studio recordings, Interviews, rarely seen photographs, location shoots and many other teatures with contributions trom some of Cohen’s closest colleagues and from experts on his life and music. Featuring his omcial biographer Ira Nadel; Cohen producers John Lissauer, David Gold and John Simon, journalists Robert Christgau (Village \’oia), Anthony DeCurtis (Rolling Staue) and Xigel Williamson (l’ncut), authors Johnny Rogan and Jim Devlin and many others.

EXTRAS: Special Feature ‚The Lost Album‘ with John Lissauer «The Interactive Leonard Cohen

Quiz 1978 – 2006 » Contributor Biographies

 

*Beides sind sogenannte ,,Independet Criticial Analysies” mit O-Tönen diverser Künstler über Leonard Cohen sowie einigen Song-Fetzen. Das ganze gibt es auch als Doppel-Pack unter dem Titel:

Under Review – A Documentary Film (1934-2006) ****