Documentary (Re)presentations
Abstract
Leonard Cohen has been the subject of at least five video documentaries about his life and work, beginning as early as 1965, with Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen , and continuing up to the present with Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love (2019). These different narratives of Cohen’s life give us conflicting perspectives, and this chapter explores how they respond to different cultural moments and how they construct differing images of Cohen’s life and work.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Cinema History and Criticism
Music History and Culture
Cinema and Media Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Cambridge University Press eBooks
- Pages
- 300–312
- Publication date
- 29 January 2026
- Document type
- Book chapter