Marianne and Leonard - was it really romantic?
Posted by Yvonne Barlow on Thursday, October 17, 2019,
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I finally saw the documentary Marianne and Leonard: Words of Love. I have to say I was left a little cold, by the end I liked neither Cohen nor Marianne. He was easy to dislike, taking her for granted while sniffing after every adoring female fan. But Marianne gave herself to him with so few conditions, even putting her son in a British boarding school so she could travel with Cohen. OK, maybe I’m not a romantic, but love of your child should surely come before love of a philanderer who has...
Whether
you are a fan of Leonard Cohen or not, you have likely heard of the new film, Marianne
and Leonard: Words of Love. The documentary on the romance between Cohen and
Marianne Ihlen has been well received. At Hookline, we have our own take on the
story with the novel The Water and the Wine by Tamar Hodes. Tamar lived
on Hydra as a child, and Cohen and Marianne were her neighbours.
While Nick
Broomfield’s film is a documentary, Tamar’s story is fictional. You
might think factual gives...
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