![]() ![]() The secret to making a good documentary is access to people and material, and the directors were blessed in this regard. ![]() It is an irresistible way to open a film about a man and a song that have made an indelible mark on contemporary music. He’s not singing as much as he’s performing a performance, a role he had played so many times it had become a ritual. It is classic Cohen: down on his knees, talk-singing, and placing an exaggerated emphasis on the “do you” conclusion of the song’s third line about not really caring for music. Among the 28 songs on the playlist that evening was “Hallelujah,” his monumental love song about the desires entertained by both body and soul. It shows Leonard Cohen performing in what turned out to be his final concert in Auckland, New Zealand, on December 21, 2013. ![]() Hallelujah, the documentary, opens with an ending. ![]()
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