The Song of Leonard Cohen: Portrait of a Poet, a Friendship, and a Film

Book Description
A memoir of the author's 1981 documentary, The Song of Leonard Cohen. Harry Rasky filmed the wild trip that was the 1979Field Commander Cohen tour. Now he has delved into his personal archives and diaries upon which the film is based, and has woven them into this moving, powerful text. He includes outrageous and intimate interludes with the great Canadian singer-songwriter, including how he and Leonard were mistaken for Bader-Meinhof terrorists by soldiers with machine guns at a German Burger King Included also are Rasky's never-before-published Bob Dylan Diaries, based on his notes and observations during the filming of a never-completed documentary.


About the Author
Harry Rasky, a producer, director and writer, received 200+ prizes for his work, including the Venice Film Award, the Golden Eagle, several awards, an Emmy and two Oscar nominations. 1992, he was given the lifetime award of the Association of Canadian Television and Radio. Among his titles: Baryshnikov (74) The Lessons History - Will and Ariel Durant (78) Christopher Plummer: King of Players (TV-97).


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A memoir of the author's 1981 documentary, The Song of Leonard Cohen. Harry Rasky filmed the wild trip that was the 1979 Field Commander Cohen tour. Now he has delved into his personal archives and diaries upon which the film is based and has woven them into this moving and powerful text. He includes outrageous and intimate interludes with the great Canadian singer-songwriter, including * discussing the meaning of life with Leonard at his place in Montreal * the time he and Leonard were mistaken for Bader-Meinhof terrorists by soldiers with machine guns at a German Burger King Included also are Rasky's never-before-published Bob Dylan Diaries, based on his notes and observations during the filming of a never-completed documentary.


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