Leonard Cohen: Bird on a Wire
Leonard Cohen’s 1972 European Tour has a complicated history. Tony Palmer was asked to make the film by Marty Machat, Cohen’s long-time manager right up until Machat’s death in 1988. It was essentially his initiative, at least in part because he feared Leonard might never tour again thereafter.
Mercifully this did not turn out to be the case, now, looking back after 45 years, our admiration for Cohen as a poet, a singer and as a man, remains undiminished.
Director: Tony Palmer
Cast: Leonard Cohen
