Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen vs On the Impossibility of an Homage

On the Impossibility of an Homage has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.2/10 for Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen). On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 44m. Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen is the older of the two (1966 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

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Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard CohenOn the Impossibility of an Homage
Audience score★ 7.2/10★ 10.0/10
Year19662024
Length44m19m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
Country–Germany
DirectorDon Owen, Donald BrittainXandra Popescu
Main castLeonard Cohen, Donald Brittain, Derek May, Mort RosengartenGabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu

Synopsis

Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Leonard Cohen

A 1964 documentary portrait of Cohen in his pre-musician days as a poet and stand-up comedian.

On the Impossibility of an Homage

Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.

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