Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man comes out tomorrow on DVD, and, unfortunately, I can't really say it's worth buying or renting.
The problem is there's only one performance from Leonard, and this isn't rectified in the DVD special features. Sure, Rufus Wainwright's "Chelsea Hotel #2" (possibly my favorite Leonard song) is nice, but then you've got to traverse through loads of Bono and The Edge rubbish to get to anything else worthwhile.
Instead, try YouTube for all your Leonard viewing needs.
Here's a classic live performance of Chelsea at Carnegie Hall, and here's Rufus doing it. For good measure, here's an ugly girl with a lisp doing it.
But this is the crown jewel of all things Leonard on YouTube, and it just popped up a couple days ago. Notice the amazing clothing on the choir, and the way Leonard so casually turns up to them, with hands in pocket.
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I find it hard to fault anything having to do with Leonard Cohen. I loved the movie even though it didn't have enough of "him". The interviews were great. Rufus Wainright is also great. And get over Bono. So his music is over; he is still a presence. There is no experience so great as seeing Leonard live. He is formal, and confrontational. I love him like no other.
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