Leonard Cohen: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970

2009

Action / Documentary / Music

3
IMDb Rating 8.3/10 10 166 166

Plot summary

Forty summers ago on a windswept island just off England's southern coastline, a young Canadian folksinger-songwriter-poet-novelist named Leonard Cohen delivered the performance of a lifetime.

Director

Murray Lerner Photo
Murray Lerner

Top cast

Charlie Daniels Photo
Charlie Daniels as Self - The Army
Kris Kristofferson Photo
Kris Kristofferson as Self
Joan Baez Photo
Joan Baez as Self
Donna Washburn Photo
Donna Washburn as Self - The Army
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
589.02 MB
1280*714
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles es   us   fr   nl   it   de  
25 fps
1 hr 4 min
Seeds 1
1.07 GB
1920*1072
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles es   us   fr   nl   it   de  
25 fps
1 hr 4 min
Seeds 3

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by bluekarma06

Witness a Miracle..

I only recently got in Leonard Cohen. Sure, I had heard of him from some minor airplay on college radio with songs like I'm Your Man and First, We Take Manhattan but I wasn't thrilled by his flat and monotonic vocals just like I was not really into Dylan but as I have reached an older age(50), I realized how powerful and deeply these men wrote and performed the songs that I can only now fully appreciate. This concert film was a revelation to me and after learning that so much chaos and disharmony had risen from the discontent from many who felt the greed of concert promoters and ticket sellers(much like what happened at Woodstock), I was amazed at how respectful the crowd was while Cohen performed. Was the crowd sleepy, worn out from the hysteria of a Jimi Hendrix set? Were they tired of the fight that they had endured to see this concert? Perhaps. And perhaps Leonard Cohen was the perfect medicine to sedate and harmonize that huge restless crowd that balmy windy night on the Isle of Wight. Take it in and realize that you have witnessed a miracle.
Reviewed by jwgans 7 / 10

Highly Recommended For Fans of Leonard Cohen

As a massive fan of Leonard Cohen, it's amazing to see any footage of him performing, let alone such an iconic performance. That being said, this documentary could have been so much better. For one thing, this film doesn't even show his entire performance! And much of what is here is inter-spliced with useless interview footage talking about Leonard Cohen and how great of a performer he is, which is ironic because this time could have been spent showing more of his performance. This documentary should have simply shown the whole performance from start to finish, but it repeatedly gets in its own way. This is definitely still is a must-see for fans of Leonard Cohen and his music, but I'm pretty disappointed by how the filmmakers mishandled such great material.
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