1 00:00:00,583 --> 00:00:09,592 (Male Announcer reads text on screen) 2 00:00:09,718 --> 00:00:15,098 (Musical jingle) 3 00:00:22,187 --> 00:00:27,318 (water lapping) (video camera whirring) 4 00:00:42,332 --> 00:00:44,209 (birds chirping) 5 00:00:44,210 --> 00:00:45,836 - Rarr! (Axel Jr. shrieking) 6 00:00:45,837 --> 00:00:47,213 (both laughing) 7 00:00:47,338 --> 00:00:50,091 (Marianne speaking Norwegian) 8 00:00:50,216 --> 00:00:51,551 - Ah, how old is he now? 9 00:00:51,676 --> 00:00:53,050 - [Marianne] He's six. 10 00:00:53,051 --> 00:00:53,969 - Yeah. 11 00:00:54,094 --> 00:00:59,142 (water lapping) (birds chirping) 12 00:01:00,225 --> 00:01:01,894 All right, I'm gonna ask you one more time. 13 00:01:01,895 --> 00:01:03,479 What's the matter? 14 00:01:05,397 --> 00:01:07,900 Leonard leaving you or something? 15 00:01:08,025 --> 00:01:11,027 - No, I mean, not that I know of, no. 16 00:01:11,028 --> 00:01:12,489 (both laughing) 17 00:01:12,614 --> 00:01:13,489 Um, 18 00:01:15,283 --> 00:01:16,325 it's um, 19 00:01:17,201 --> 00:01:18,703 I'm pregnant again. 20 00:01:19,870 --> 00:01:21,915 - Well, congratulations. 21 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:23,582 - [Marianne] Really? 22 00:01:23,707 --> 00:01:25,501 - Does Leonard know? 23 00:01:27,754 --> 00:01:29,087 - No. 24 00:01:29,213 --> 00:01:30,173 - Why not? 25 00:01:31,132 --> 00:01:33,635 - Because I know he'd want me to... 26 00:01:35,762 --> 00:01:36,721 Get rid of it. 27 00:01:38,472 --> 00:01:39,307 - Why? 28 00:01:40,141 --> 00:01:43,726 - You know, behind all of his, 29 00:01:43,727 --> 00:01:46,062 bohemian ideals or whatever you wanna call it, 30 00:01:46,063 --> 00:01:50,859 he's quite a conservative man who... 31 00:01:52,444 --> 00:01:55,031 Does not want a child that isn't Jewish. 32 00:01:55,823 --> 00:01:57,742 Neither does his mother, so. 33 00:01:58,867 --> 00:02:01,787 And I'll have to talk to him, but you know, 34 00:02:01,912 --> 00:02:03,831 he just has to make it and... 35 00:02:03,956 --> 00:02:05,375 - Make what? 36 00:02:06,834 --> 00:02:09,169 If he doesn't want the child that he can have with you, 37 00:02:09,294 --> 00:02:12,215 but he wants the success that he can have without you? 38 00:02:19,013 --> 00:02:21,723 I have the address for a pretty decent doctor in Athens, 39 00:02:21,849 --> 00:02:24,476 if you want it, just let me know. 40 00:02:24,477 --> 00:02:27,311 (Axel Jr. Shouting in Norwegian) 41 00:02:27,312 --> 00:02:29,149 - Oi! - Oh, he got one. (laughing) 42 00:02:29,274 --> 00:02:31,150 (Marianne speaking Norwegian) 43 00:02:31,151 --> 00:02:32,860 - [Charmian] Ooh, look at him! 44 00:02:32,985 --> 00:02:34,194 - [Marianne] Wow! 45 00:02:34,319 --> 00:02:35,905 - Oh, he's a big guy! (Marianne speaking Norwegian) 46 00:02:36,030 --> 00:02:38,323 (Marianne shrieking) (Charmian laughing) 47 00:02:38,324 --> 00:02:41,995 (Marianne speaking Norwegian) 48 00:02:42,120 --> 00:02:45,372 (mellow upbeat music) 49 00:02:52,087 --> 00:02:56,258 (mellow upbeat music continues) 50 00:03:01,806 --> 00:03:04,016 ♪ I'm out of time ♪ 51 00:03:04,141 --> 00:03:06,519 ♪ It's nothing new ♪ 52 00:03:06,644 --> 00:03:11,274 ♪ I pay so dearly for the things I didn't do ♪ 53 00:03:11,399 --> 00:03:13,693 ♪ No sleep for days ♪ 54 00:03:13,818 --> 00:03:16,360 ♪ My brains are blue ♪ 55 00:03:16,361 --> 00:03:21,532 ♪ I find the bottom of a bottle without you ♪ 56 00:03:21,533 --> 00:03:23,035 ♪ Without you ♪ 57 00:03:23,036 --> 00:03:26,330 (mellow upbeat music) 58 00:03:32,961 --> 00:03:37,133 (mellow upbeat music continues) 59 00:03:46,224 --> 00:03:47,185 - You okay? 60 00:03:50,104 --> 00:03:51,104 - No. 61 00:03:51,229 --> 00:03:51,897 - No? - No. 62 00:03:52,022 --> 00:03:53,524 I wish I had some speed. 63 00:03:55,026 --> 00:03:56,859 - Oh, I don't have any. 64 00:03:56,860 --> 00:03:57,736 (both laughing) 65 00:03:57,861 --> 00:03:58,569 Good luck. 66 00:03:58,570 --> 00:04:00,990 - [Announcer] Good evening. 67 00:04:01,115 --> 00:04:04,408 Please help me welcome Canada's most promising poet 68 00:04:04,409 --> 00:04:07,579 and novelist with "Beautiful Losers," 69 00:04:07,580 --> 00:04:09,081 Mr. Leonard Cohen. 70 00:04:09,206 --> 00:04:12,502 (audience applauding) 71 00:04:24,305 --> 00:04:25,682 - Good evening. 72 00:04:25,807 --> 00:04:29,601 Please help me welcome Canada's most overrated poet, 73 00:04:29,726 --> 00:04:31,602 (audience chuckling) 74 00:04:31,603 --> 00:04:34,106 and most insufferable novelist, 75 00:04:34,107 --> 00:04:37,234 with his disaster, "Beautiful Losers," 76 00:04:37,235 --> 00:04:38,943 Mr. Leniard Curib. 77 00:04:38,944 --> 00:04:42,031 (audience laughing) 78 00:04:44,324 --> 00:04:48,329 ""Why have you allowed yourself to be robbed? 79 00:04:48,454 --> 00:04:51,789 Why do you always try to humiliate me?' 80 00:04:51,790 --> 00:04:55,211 I asked him so solemnly that I scared myself. 81 00:04:56,086 --> 00:04:58,630 He stood up, covered the model 82 00:04:58,755 --> 00:05:01,465 with a plastic Remington typewriter cover. 83 00:05:01,466 --> 00:05:04,971 He did this so gently, with a kind of pain." 84 00:05:05,096 --> 00:05:06,805 - It was fantastic. 85 00:05:06,930 --> 00:05:08,473 You seduced every fucking one of them. 86 00:05:08,598 --> 00:05:11,728 - There were more people in there than bought the book. 87 00:05:11,853 --> 00:05:15,314 - This book is the book of the year according to "The Star." 88 00:05:15,439 --> 00:05:17,190 - You know, someone else said it was, 89 00:05:17,317 --> 00:05:20,194 "The most revolting book to ever come out of Canada." 90 00:05:20,319 --> 00:05:21,821 - Hm. - 400 copies. 91 00:05:21,946 --> 00:05:22,904 - Mr. Cohen? - Mad. 92 00:05:23,031 --> 00:05:24,406 - Maybe the next time, you should- 93 00:05:24,531 --> 00:05:27,784 - Mr. Cohen, can you sign, please? 94 00:05:27,785 --> 00:05:29,953 - Okay. This is from the documentary? 95 00:05:29,954 --> 00:05:30,872 - Yes. 96 00:05:30,997 --> 00:05:32,206 - Do you like it? 97 00:05:32,331 --> 00:05:36,209 - Oh, I love the bit where you play guitar and sing. 98 00:05:36,336 --> 00:05:37,670 - Oh, yeah? Thank you. 99 00:05:37,795 --> 00:05:40,589 (background people chattering) 100 00:05:40,714 --> 00:05:43,050 - You see? They love you. 101 00:05:43,175 --> 00:05:44,133 Do you mind? 102 00:05:44,134 --> 00:05:45,927 - That's not really an issue. Hi. 103 00:05:47,012 --> 00:05:50,640 Oh, it's perfect. Oh, that's a great copy. 104 00:05:50,641 --> 00:05:52,726 Have a great day. 105 00:05:52,851 --> 00:05:54,978 Oh, thank you very much. 106 00:05:57,314 --> 00:05:58,358 - I didn't see that. 107 00:05:58,483 --> 00:06:00,316 - You know, I'm thinking of, um, 108 00:06:00,317 --> 00:06:02,862 (soft guitar music) 109 00:06:02,987 --> 00:06:05,781 singing my poems, but you know, for money making. 110 00:06:05,906 --> 00:06:06,574 - Why? 111 00:06:06,699 --> 00:06:07,908 - [Leonard] It works for Dylan. 112 00:06:08,033 --> 00:06:09,242 - Listen, the TV show? 113 00:06:09,369 --> 00:06:12,162 They offered you to host like an intellectual show. 114 00:06:12,163 --> 00:06:13,330 There's got to be some money in it, 115 00:06:13,331 --> 00:06:15,708 and you surely want the fame, right? 116 00:06:15,833 --> 00:06:17,542 - Well, I um, I said no. 117 00:06:17,543 --> 00:06:20,629 - And it's exposure. You can sell your book. 118 00:06:20,754 --> 00:06:24,132 - Right, but I, I think I'm too ugly for TV. 119 00:06:24,257 --> 00:06:27,720 That guy from CBC said that the TV don't lie. 120 00:06:27,845 --> 00:06:29,054 - You're on the hook. 121 00:06:29,055 --> 00:06:31,013 - No, I'm a brilliant failure, I don't want to. 122 00:06:31,014 --> 00:06:33,224 - You're on the hook. Look at me. 123 00:06:33,225 --> 00:06:36,812 Fame, I can see it, you're gonna be famous. 124 00:06:36,937 --> 00:06:39,063 - You want fame. I don't want fame. 125 00:06:39,064 --> 00:06:40,149 Success is obscene. 126 00:06:40,274 --> 00:06:40,983 - Fame. 127 00:06:41,108 --> 00:06:42,859 - Maybe I'll get back into hockey. 128 00:06:42,860 --> 00:06:44,153 - [Irving] Oh, God. 129 00:06:44,278 --> 00:06:46,905 - [Leonard] Well, anyhow, thanks for coming tonight. 130 00:06:46,906 --> 00:06:51,410 - Last night of the tour, of course I would be here, Lenny. 131 00:06:51,411 --> 00:06:53,744 So, what are you going to do? 132 00:06:53,745 --> 00:06:56,665 You're going back to Greece or what? 133 00:06:56,790 --> 00:06:59,543 - I don't know, I don't know that I'm, ah, 134 00:07:00,461 --> 00:07:02,754 I'm much good to anyone right now. 135 00:07:02,879 --> 00:07:03,880 - Come on. 136 00:07:04,632 --> 00:07:05,425 Jump in. (car door clicking) 137 00:07:05,550 --> 00:07:07,384 - No, thanks, I'm just gonna... 138 00:07:08,427 --> 00:07:09,553 Take a walk. 139 00:07:11,221 --> 00:07:12,180 - You sure? 140 00:07:15,685 --> 00:07:16,768 - Yeah. 141 00:07:16,769 --> 00:07:18,271 - You're doing the wrong thing, Lenny. 142 00:07:18,396 --> 00:07:19,105 - Yeah, I am. 143 00:07:19,230 --> 00:07:20,982 - You're doing the wrong thing. 144 00:07:21,107 --> 00:07:22,273 - Shalom, man. 145 00:07:22,274 --> 00:07:25,403 (lighter clicking) 146 00:07:26,571 --> 00:07:27,779 (car door clunking) 147 00:07:27,904 --> 00:07:31,199 (car engine starting) 148 00:07:32,869 --> 00:07:36,038 (car rumbling quietly) 149 00:07:38,499 --> 00:07:43,588 (Axel Jr. and Marianne speaking Norwegian) 150 00:08:15,202 --> 00:08:17,038 ♪ She's wearing rags ♪ 151 00:08:17,163 --> 00:08:21,709 ♪ And she's wearing those long dresses ♪ 152 00:08:21,834 --> 00:08:23,460 ♪ She's wearing rags ♪ 153 00:08:23,461 --> 00:08:24,504 (head thudding) 154 00:08:24,629 --> 00:08:27,797 ♪ She's wearing rags and feathers ♪ 155 00:08:27,798 --> 00:08:28,716 (lighter clicking) 156 00:08:28,841 --> 00:08:33,470 ♪ From Salvation Army counters ♪ 157 00:08:33,471 --> 00:08:36,640 (soft guitar music) 158 00:08:41,854 --> 00:08:44,398 (pen tapping) 159 00:08:46,317 --> 00:08:48,860 ♪ In the back of the room ♪ 160 00:08:48,985 --> 00:08:50,653 ♪ The windows have clouded ♪ 161 00:08:50,654 --> 00:08:53,490 "Darling Mu, it's good to have your letters. 162 00:08:54,616 --> 00:08:55,951 I just finished promoting the book, 163 00:08:56,076 --> 00:08:58,369 which didn't sell as I would have hoped. 164 00:08:58,370 --> 00:09:00,538 Don't worry, though, I'm taking care of myself, 165 00:09:00,664 --> 00:09:02,416 and I've stopped with the pills. 166 00:09:03,417 --> 00:09:05,167 As best as I can. 167 00:09:05,168 --> 00:09:07,836 I'm working hard to make money for all of us. 168 00:09:07,837 --> 00:09:10,258 And I'm planning a little trip to New York soon, 169 00:09:10,383 --> 00:09:12,259 and I'll see what it can bring, 170 00:09:12,384 --> 00:09:15,136 besides immense disappointment. 171 00:09:16,764 --> 00:09:18,640 I'm going to give it one more shot 172 00:09:18,765 --> 00:09:21,225 before giving up on making music entirely, 173 00:09:21,226 --> 00:09:22,937 though I know it's inevitable. 174 00:09:24,105 --> 00:09:27,316 The spiritual trip you plan on doing sounds beautiful. 175 00:09:27,441 --> 00:09:31,235 John Starr Cooke lives up to his glorious name. 176 00:09:31,236 --> 00:09:33,990 I'm excited to hear all about your adventures. 177 00:09:35,032 --> 00:09:36,783 I love to hear that you and little Axel 178 00:09:36,908 --> 00:09:39,370 are strong and happy. 179 00:09:40,788 --> 00:09:42,205 Love, Leonard." 180 00:09:42,206 --> 00:09:44,917 (soft guitar music) 181 00:09:45,042 --> 00:09:47,211 ♪ Suzanne ♪ 182 00:09:51,298 --> 00:09:52,466 - Hi, John! (John Starr Cooke chuckling) 183 00:09:52,591 --> 00:09:53,634 It's amazing. 184 00:09:53,759 --> 00:09:55,218 - Please leave your bags. 185 00:09:55,219 --> 00:09:56,136 - Hello. - Hello. 186 00:09:56,261 --> 00:09:57,513 - Thanks so much for inviting us. 187 00:09:57,638 --> 00:10:00,600 - Ginsberg's idea. He says you are perfect. 188 00:10:00,725 --> 00:10:01,683 - Oh. - But that you tend 189 00:10:01,808 --> 00:10:02,434 not to believe it. 190 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:03,893 - Sounds about right. (laughing) 191 00:10:03,894 --> 00:10:06,147 - I am here to work on your mind. 192 00:10:06,272 --> 00:10:09,442 - Feels like I've been doing that since I was five, but... 193 00:10:09,567 --> 00:10:10,942 - [John Starr Cooke] Well, not in the way I do it. 194 00:10:11,067 --> 00:10:12,234 - [Marianne] No. 195 00:10:12,235 --> 00:10:13,446 - [John Starr Cooke] Wado here is the best. 196 00:10:13,571 --> 00:10:14,614 I had him flown in. 197 00:10:14,739 --> 00:10:16,990 He makes the most potent weed in the world. 198 00:10:17,115 --> 00:10:17,991 - Ooh! 199 00:10:18,116 --> 00:10:20,409 (John Starr Cooke speaking Greek) 200 00:10:20,410 --> 00:10:21,453 - Hi. 201 00:10:21,578 --> 00:10:23,747 - [John Starr Cooke] We have Raymond and Manuela 202 00:10:23,748 --> 00:10:25,791 from London and San Diego. 203 00:10:25,916 --> 00:10:26,833 - [Marianne] Hi. 204 00:10:26,958 --> 00:10:29,794 - And over here, we have Jean Paul. 205 00:10:29,919 --> 00:10:33,298 He's from Paris. He's been here a while. 206 00:10:33,423 --> 00:10:34,716 - [Marianne] Hello. 207 00:10:34,841 --> 00:10:37,677 (bead curtain rattling) 208 00:10:37,802 --> 00:10:38,721 - Everyone! 209 00:10:39,471 --> 00:10:42,642 This is Marianne and Axel. 210 00:10:42,767 --> 00:10:44,933 Marianne, everybody. 211 00:10:44,934 --> 00:10:46,062 - Hi. 212 00:10:47,772 --> 00:10:48,605 (gasps) What? 213 00:10:50,191 --> 00:10:52,609 - Now, keep your eye on him. 214 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:55,945 He will transform when you're not looking. 215 00:10:55,946 --> 00:10:59,033 (Marianne speaking Norwegian) 216 00:10:59,158 --> 00:11:02,285 (mellow upbeat music) 217 00:11:08,918 --> 00:11:13,047 (mellow upbeat music continues) 218 00:11:18,927 --> 00:11:23,057 (mellow upbeat music continues) 219 00:11:28,937 --> 00:11:32,982 (mellow upbeat music continues) 220 00:11:35,778 --> 00:11:37,027 - A poet. 221 00:11:37,028 --> 00:11:37,821 Really? 222 00:11:37,822 --> 00:11:39,280 - I don't look like a poet? 223 00:11:39,407 --> 00:11:42,451 - I mean, it's kind of hard to hang one of your poems 224 00:11:42,576 --> 00:11:44,994 on the wall in lieu of your rent. 225 00:11:44,995 --> 00:11:46,288 - Hey! 226 00:11:46,413 --> 00:11:47,497 For Christ's sake, Stanley, 227 00:11:47,498 --> 00:11:48,749 don't you have a vacuum cleaner in the house? 228 00:11:48,874 --> 00:11:50,250 - Yeah, of course, we got lots of them. 229 00:11:50,375 --> 00:11:53,169 - Then why aren't they ever used? 230 00:11:55,214 --> 00:11:56,880 - So, why the Chelsea? 231 00:11:56,881 --> 00:11:58,759 - It's your reputation, man. 232 00:11:58,884 --> 00:12:00,135 - Thank you. 233 00:12:00,260 --> 00:12:02,471 - You and the hotel, you know, I've heard you can stumble in 234 00:12:02,596 --> 00:12:07,809 at four a.m. with a large, nine-foot-tall, albino bear, 235 00:12:08,769 --> 00:12:11,729 five hookers on your arm, drunk as a skunk, 236 00:12:11,730 --> 00:12:13,524 and that no one bats an eye. 237 00:12:15,775 --> 00:12:17,527 But the amenities as well. 238 00:12:17,528 --> 00:12:20,780 (Stanley chuckling) 239 00:12:20,905 --> 00:12:21,823 - All right. 240 00:12:22,783 --> 00:12:24,618 I'll put you down for indefinitely. 241 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:25,660 - All right. 242 00:12:27,955 --> 00:12:29,289 (Stanley clears throat) 243 00:12:29,414 --> 00:12:31,167 What's your name, what's your full name? 244 00:12:31,292 --> 00:12:32,168 - Stanley Bard 245 00:12:32,293 --> 00:12:33,461 - Okay, very nice. - You? 246 00:12:33,586 --> 00:12:34,253 - Leonard Cohen 247 00:12:34,378 --> 00:12:35,086 - Leonard, welcome. 248 00:12:35,211 --> 00:12:36,504 - Great, thank you. 249 00:12:36,629 --> 00:12:37,339 Appreciate it. 250 00:12:37,465 --> 00:12:38,215 - Right that way. 251 00:12:41,885 --> 00:12:44,471 - [Leonard] Stanley, what room is she in? 252 00:12:44,596 --> 00:12:46,557 - None of your business. 253 00:12:49,058 --> 00:12:51,687 (feet tapping) 254 00:12:54,899 --> 00:13:00,153 (video camera whirring) (soft drumming music) 255 00:13:04,825 --> 00:13:08,076 (birds chirping) 256 00:13:08,077 --> 00:13:13,417 (background people chattering) (soft drumming music) 257 00:13:14,335 --> 00:13:17,212 (person laughing) 258 00:13:20,131 --> 00:13:21,090 (door creaking) 259 00:13:21,091 --> 00:13:25,135 ♪ Me ♪ 260 00:13:25,136 --> 00:13:27,095 ♪ Oh ♪ 261 00:13:27,096 --> 00:13:32,436 (soft drumming music) (person vocalising) 262 00:13:33,937 --> 00:13:35,604 - Oh, it's a snake. 263 00:13:35,605 --> 00:13:38,442 (snake hissing) 264 00:13:40,443 --> 00:13:42,738 I'm all right, man, thank you. 265 00:13:42,863 --> 00:13:46,450 (typewriter keys tapping) 266 00:13:47,618 --> 00:13:51,162 (soft drumming music) (background people chattering) 267 00:13:51,163 --> 00:13:56,460 (video camera whirring) (mellow upbeat music) 268 00:14:01,340 --> 00:14:05,302 (mellow upbeat music continues) 269 00:14:11,182 --> 00:14:13,810 (mellow upbeat music continues) 270 00:14:13,811 --> 00:14:14,812 Sorry. 271 00:14:15,645 --> 00:14:16,563 Thank you. 272 00:14:18,231 --> 00:14:19,481 So long. 273 00:14:19,482 --> 00:14:21,692 (door thudding) 274 00:14:21,693 --> 00:14:25,280 - Hallucinogens don't expand the mind, 275 00:14:25,405 --> 00:14:28,616 they simply open the mind 276 00:14:28,741 --> 00:14:31,201 to what is already there, 277 00:14:31,202 --> 00:14:33,663 to your ah, your deeper self. 278 00:14:34,414 --> 00:14:37,333 A place without deception. 279 00:14:39,753 --> 00:14:41,336 - I'm ready, maybe. 280 00:14:41,337 --> 00:14:44,173 (both laughing) 281 00:14:45,384 --> 00:14:47,595 - So, what do you do, Marianne? 282 00:14:47,720 --> 00:14:51,097 - I've been making some clothes recently. 283 00:14:51,222 --> 00:14:53,225 - Oh. - I made this. 284 00:14:53,350 --> 00:14:54,559 - Nice. - Yeah. 285 00:14:54,684 --> 00:14:57,730 Also, I'm quite a good cook, so I've been hired sometimes 286 00:14:57,855 --> 00:15:01,023 to do a bit of cooking for tourist parties in... 287 00:15:01,024 --> 00:15:01,859 - Right. 288 00:15:03,192 --> 00:15:05,528 - What about you, Manuela, what do you do? 289 00:15:06,614 --> 00:15:11,284 - Hm, well, I used to be a schoolteacher. 290 00:15:11,409 --> 00:15:12,409 - Oh? 291 00:15:12,410 --> 00:15:14,537 - Yeah, until I realised I hated children. 292 00:15:14,538 --> 00:15:15,831 (all chuckling) 293 00:15:15,956 --> 00:15:18,918 You know, one day, I was heading to work. 294 00:15:19,043 --> 00:15:22,210 I just parked outside of the school, and thought to myself, 295 00:15:22,211 --> 00:15:24,756 "Another day, gladiator-battling 296 00:15:24,881 --> 00:15:26,883 these psychopathic sociopaths, 297 00:15:26,884 --> 00:15:27,883 (all chuckling) 298 00:15:27,884 --> 00:15:30,178 who only think about themselves." 299 00:15:30,303 --> 00:15:31,138 God! 300 00:15:32,639 --> 00:15:36,018 Went and got a bag of weed, drove to Mexico, 301 00:15:36,143 --> 00:15:40,729 where I met John, and tagged along when he came here. 302 00:15:40,730 --> 00:15:41,730 - Wow! (laughing) 303 00:15:41,731 --> 00:15:42,774 - Voila! 304 00:15:42,899 --> 00:15:44,025 - [Marianne] Voila! That's amazing. 305 00:15:45,152 --> 00:15:46,569 - So, 306 00:15:46,570 --> 00:15:50,573 what are you looking for while you're here? 307 00:15:52,743 --> 00:15:56,205 - Um, I don't know, I think... 308 00:15:57,998 --> 00:16:02,753 Open my mind and ah, find my own path, maybe. 309 00:16:04,004 --> 00:16:05,254 - Aren't we all? 310 00:16:07,716 --> 00:16:08,965 Cheers. - Cheers to that. 311 00:16:08,966 --> 00:16:11,134 - [Marianne] Thank you so much for having me. 312 00:16:11,135 --> 00:16:13,889 (glasses clinking) - It's great to have you here. 313 00:16:14,014 --> 00:16:17,141 (background people chattering) (muffled melodic music) 314 00:16:17,142 --> 00:16:18,268 - Sunkissed. 315 00:16:22,355 --> 00:16:24,315 I could never be a witch. 316 00:16:24,316 --> 00:16:29,571 (background people chattering) (muffled melodic music) 317 00:16:32,323 --> 00:16:35,201 - Sorry, can I get one more shot of gin? 318 00:16:35,326 --> 00:16:36,577 - [Bartender] Yes, sir. 319 00:16:38,163 --> 00:16:40,456 - [Lou] You're a writer, right? 320 00:16:42,710 --> 00:16:44,253 - Leonard Cohen 321 00:16:46,212 --> 00:16:50,049 - I've read your book. "Beautiful Losers." 322 00:16:50,174 --> 00:16:51,927 - Oh, you're the guy. 323 00:16:52,927 --> 00:16:54,554 - It's a great book. 324 00:16:55,681 --> 00:16:59,100 - Thank you, man, it's not what they say in Canada. 325 00:17:01,562 --> 00:17:04,605 - I'm Lou Reed. You know my music? 326 00:17:06,733 --> 00:17:08,484 - Forgive me, no, I don't. 327 00:17:09,278 --> 00:17:10,903 I'm not really in the know. 328 00:17:13,906 --> 00:17:16,993 - You should stop by Judy's party tonight. 329 00:17:19,454 --> 00:17:20,329 - Okay. 330 00:17:21,457 --> 00:17:22,999 - It's good to meet you, man. 331 00:17:23,000 --> 00:17:25,375 - Yeah, great to meet you. 332 00:17:25,376 --> 00:17:29,714 (background people chattering) (muffled melodic music) 333 00:17:29,839 --> 00:17:30,883 Is he a famous guy? 334 00:17:31,008 --> 00:17:34,052 - [Bartender] Lou Reed? Yeah, man, (indistinct). 335 00:17:34,053 --> 00:17:35,136 - Thanks. 336 00:17:36,096 --> 00:17:38,556 ♪ No wonder it's all go ♪ 337 00:17:38,557 --> 00:17:41,894 (lighter clicking) 338 00:17:42,019 --> 00:17:46,354 ♪ Comes forward, that's a razor in his mitt ♪ 339 00:17:46,355 --> 00:17:50,234 ♪ And he puts on his dark glasses ♪ 340 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:54,239 ♪ And he shows you where to hit ♪ 341 00:17:54,364 --> 00:17:56,865 ♪ And then the cameras pan ♪ 342 00:17:56,866 --> 00:17:58,786 - He's gonna be okay, aren't you? 343 00:17:58,911 --> 00:18:00,287 ♪ The stand in ♪ 344 00:18:00,412 --> 00:18:01,703 - [Judy] Take it easy. 345 00:18:01,704 --> 00:18:04,539 ♪ Stunt man ♪ 346 00:18:04,540 --> 00:18:09,797 ♪ A dress rehearsal rag ♪ 347 00:18:10,713 --> 00:18:14,801 ♪ It's just a dress rehearsal rag ♪ 348 00:18:18,846 --> 00:18:21,098 I really got a crowd on my hands now. 349 00:18:21,224 --> 00:18:23,184 - It's pretty gloomy. 350 00:18:23,309 --> 00:18:25,268 - Well, it's the way I see life, you know. 351 00:18:25,269 --> 00:18:28,147 Well, it's my perspective on things. 352 00:18:28,272 --> 00:18:30,274 - Do you get depressed? 353 00:18:30,275 --> 00:18:32,486 - No, I'm bright as the sunshine. 354 00:18:32,611 --> 00:18:33,444 (Judy laughing) 355 00:18:33,569 --> 00:18:35,571 Yeah, I don't see a reason not to be. 356 00:18:36,824 --> 00:18:37,657 - Me too. 357 00:18:38,909 --> 00:18:42,829 You know, I tried to commit suicide when I was 14. 358 00:18:44,539 --> 00:18:45,624 - Well, I'm very happy 359 00:18:45,749 --> 00:18:48,376 for your lack of success in the matter. 360 00:18:48,501 --> 00:18:49,460 - Yeah. 361 00:18:49,461 --> 00:18:51,462 I'm Judy Collins, by the way. 362 00:18:52,463 --> 00:18:54,883 - [Leonard] Pleasure to meet you, Miss Collins. 363 00:18:55,008 --> 00:18:56,551 - Hey, play me another one. 364 00:18:57,760 --> 00:19:02,766 - Well, I really can't sing, but I can fake my way through. 365 00:19:03,976 --> 00:19:08,605 (background people chattering) (bong water bubbling) 366 00:19:09,272 --> 00:19:11,732 (soft guitar music) 367 00:19:18,615 --> 00:19:21,825 (soft guitar music continues) 368 00:19:21,826 --> 00:19:25,913 ♪ Suzanne takes you down ♪ 369 00:19:26,038 --> 00:19:29,834 ♪ To her place near the river ♪ 370 00:19:29,835 --> 00:19:33,005 ♪ You can hear the boats go by ♪ 371 00:19:33,130 --> 00:19:37,259 ♪ You can spend the night beside her ♪ 372 00:19:37,384 --> 00:19:41,596 ♪ And you know that she's half crazy ♪ 373 00:19:41,721 --> 00:19:46,017 ♪ But that's why you want to be there ♪ 374 00:19:46,018 --> 00:19:49,019 (cicadas chirping) 375 00:19:49,020 --> 00:19:52,982 (Marianne speaking Norwegian) 376 00:19:56,694 --> 00:20:00,281 (both speaking Norwegian) 377 00:20:29,978 --> 00:20:33,730 ♪ Suzanne takes you down ♪ 378 00:20:33,731 --> 00:20:37,902 ♪ To a place near the river ♪ 379 00:20:37,903 --> 00:20:41,697 ♪ You can hear the boats go by ♪ 380 00:20:41,698 --> 00:20:45,867 ♪ You can spend the night forever ♪ 381 00:20:45,868 --> 00:20:49,580 ♪ And I know that she's half crazy ♪ 382 00:20:49,705 --> 00:20:53,541 ♪ And that's why I want to be there ♪ 383 00:20:53,542 --> 00:20:57,588 ♪ And she feeds you tea and oranges ♪ 384 00:20:57,713 --> 00:21:02,009 ♪ That come all the way from China ♪ 385 00:21:02,134 --> 00:21:05,846 ♪ And just when you want to tell her ♪ 386 00:21:05,972 --> 00:21:08,767 ♪ That you have no love to give her ♪ 387 00:21:08,892 --> 00:21:10,184 - [Leonard] She's great. 388 00:21:10,309 --> 00:21:14,647 ♪ She gets you on her wavelength ♪ 389 00:21:14,772 --> 00:21:17,776 ♪ And lets the river answer ♪ 390 00:21:17,901 --> 00:21:22,613 ♪ That you've always been her lover ♪ 391 00:21:22,614 --> 00:21:24,407 - [Leonard] You guys like it? 392 00:21:26,617 --> 00:21:28,369 It was very good. 393 00:21:28,494 --> 00:21:29,452 - Thanks, Lenny. 394 00:21:29,453 --> 00:21:30,329 - [Leonard] It was very good. 395 00:21:30,454 --> 00:21:32,374 - A hell of a song, Judy. 396 00:21:32,499 --> 00:21:34,124 Maybe you should come see me at Columbia. 397 00:21:34,125 --> 00:21:35,960 - You're a week too late, John. 398 00:21:35,961 --> 00:21:37,837 I just signed with Elektra. 399 00:21:38,797 --> 00:21:39,881 - Who wrote it? 400 00:21:40,007 --> 00:21:41,633 - [Judy] Leonard Cohen. 401 00:21:41,758 --> 00:21:43,926 - Who the hell is Leonard Cohen? 402 00:21:45,136 --> 00:21:46,804 - Leonard Cohen. 403 00:21:46,805 --> 00:21:48,890 - That's a terrific question. 404 00:21:49,682 --> 00:21:50,558 - Okay. 405 00:21:53,144 --> 00:21:54,895 - You know, I'm playing a charity gig 406 00:21:55,021 --> 00:21:57,481 in the East Village next month, you should come play. 407 00:21:57,606 --> 00:22:00,234 - Oh, no, I think it will be very uncomfortable. 408 00:22:01,528 --> 00:22:03,238 - You're not fooling anyone. 409 00:22:04,865 --> 00:22:05,906 How about this? 410 00:22:06,032 --> 00:22:08,825 Think about it, and I'll send you the details. 411 00:22:08,826 --> 00:22:11,288 It's me and Pete Seeger on the bill so far. 412 00:22:15,625 --> 00:22:17,919 - [Leonard] What have you got? 413 00:22:18,045 --> 00:22:19,336 - Everything. 414 00:22:19,462 --> 00:22:21,757 Hash, opium, speed, 415 00:22:21,882 --> 00:22:23,090 uppers, downers. 416 00:22:23,215 --> 00:22:24,092 The clap. 417 00:22:24,884 --> 00:22:28,221 (Maja speaking in Swedish) 418 00:22:28,346 --> 00:22:30,181 - It's Norwegian? 419 00:22:30,182 --> 00:22:31,306 - Swedish. 420 00:22:31,307 --> 00:22:32,808 How did you know? 421 00:22:33,727 --> 00:22:34,644 - [Leonard] Um... 422 00:22:35,729 --> 00:22:37,230 - [Maja] What do you want? 423 00:22:37,355 --> 00:22:39,441 - [Leonard] Anything. 424 00:22:39,566 --> 00:22:40,733 - [Maja] Okay. 425 00:22:40,858 --> 00:22:44,237 (mellow melodic music) 426 00:22:46,073 --> 00:22:47,864 - That looks fun. 427 00:22:47,865 --> 00:22:50,034 - It's super fun. You want fun? 428 00:22:50,035 --> 00:22:51,077 - Sure. 429 00:22:51,202 --> 00:22:54,498 (mellow melodic music) 430 00:23:01,171 --> 00:23:04,090 (soft guitar music) 431 00:23:09,596 --> 00:23:13,307 ♪ Suzanne takes you down ♪ 432 00:23:13,432 --> 00:23:17,436 ♪ To her place near the river ♪ 433 00:23:45,006 --> 00:23:47,423 - [Switchboard Operator] This is long distance, 434 00:23:47,424 --> 00:23:49,344 how may I direct your call? 435 00:23:49,469 --> 00:23:52,388 (cicadas chirping) 436 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:55,349 - You know, I can 437 00:23:55,474 --> 00:23:58,268 see the pain and the beauty. 438 00:23:58,269 --> 00:24:01,439 I think that I realised, you know, for all of that pain 439 00:24:01,440 --> 00:24:04,608 and the beauty to become a poem, for instance, you know, 440 00:24:04,733 --> 00:24:07,569 it's not enough to just mould it 441 00:24:07,570 --> 00:24:11,114 by reciting or singing or writing a novel. 442 00:24:11,115 --> 00:24:13,617 You know, you need... 443 00:24:13,742 --> 00:24:18,079 You need to have somebody who is listening, 444 00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:22,042 and someone who you can give it to, 445 00:24:22,169 --> 00:24:24,421 someone imagined or real. 446 00:24:26,589 --> 00:24:29,550 And I know, I know that I am showing him 447 00:24:29,675 --> 00:24:31,594 just as much as he is showing me. 448 00:24:31,595 --> 00:24:32,596 - Hm. - Oh yeah. 449 00:24:33,762 --> 00:24:36,057 - I think fiction is just a necessity 450 00:24:36,182 --> 00:24:37,601 to be able to enjoy life. 451 00:24:39,560 --> 00:24:42,105 It doesn't matter if you write it down or not. 452 00:24:43,522 --> 00:24:46,275 If you can't rewrite reality 453 00:24:46,276 --> 00:24:47,777 in your own mind, 454 00:24:48,737 --> 00:24:50,529 make it something you can live with, 455 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:53,532 you become suicidal. 456 00:24:54,409 --> 00:24:55,911 - What do you mean? 457 00:24:56,036 --> 00:24:58,121 - Well, that's what we all do, isn't it? 458 00:25:00,457 --> 00:25:02,459 We take what are facts, 459 00:25:04,376 --> 00:25:05,295 and... 460 00:25:07,338 --> 00:25:10,133 Adjust them to something we can manage to live with. 461 00:25:11,759 --> 00:25:15,805 We lie to ourselves to make life less cruel. 462 00:25:17,891 --> 00:25:19,893 - Or you don't give a fuck. 463 00:25:20,018 --> 00:25:22,479 Go for complete honesty, 464 00:25:23,563 --> 00:25:25,314 and just stay high. (laughing) 465 00:25:25,315 --> 00:25:27,776 - [Raymond] (laughing) Yeah. 466 00:25:27,901 --> 00:25:29,193 (fire crackling) 467 00:25:29,318 --> 00:25:30,403 - [Manuela] Oh, man. 468 00:25:33,280 --> 00:25:36,034 - [Henriette] This is WNYC, Henriette Yurchenco, 469 00:25:36,159 --> 00:25:39,746 bringing you the best of New York's folk and blues. 470 00:25:39,871 --> 00:25:41,914 Next up, Judy Collins with "Suzanne." 471 00:25:43,083 --> 00:25:46,211 ♪ Suzanne takes you down ♪ 472 00:25:46,336 --> 00:25:50,382 ♪ To a place by the river ♪ 473 00:25:50,507 --> 00:25:54,553 ♪ You can hear the boats go by ♪ 474 00:25:54,678 --> 00:25:56,096 ♪ You can spend the night forever ♪ 475 00:25:56,221 --> 00:25:58,889 - I don't know where the songs come from. 476 00:25:58,890 --> 00:26:03,228 I suppose you have to leave your channel open. 477 00:26:03,353 --> 00:26:05,187 But often, you know, something clicks, 478 00:26:05,188 --> 00:26:07,690 and you feel you're in contact with something. 479 00:26:07,691 --> 00:26:08,856 - [Journalist] Hm. 480 00:26:08,857 --> 00:26:10,358 - Or rather, something's in contact with you. 481 00:26:10,359 --> 00:26:12,820 - [Journalist] I like that. Good punchline. 482 00:26:12,945 --> 00:26:13,904 Thank you so much. 483 00:26:14,029 --> 00:26:15,281 - Thank you. I'll see you around, man. 484 00:26:15,406 --> 00:26:16,490 The way out is the window. 485 00:26:16,615 --> 00:26:17,826 - The window? I'll remember that. 486 00:26:17,951 --> 00:26:19,034 - You jump out of the window, yeah. 487 00:26:19,035 --> 00:26:20,703 - Jump? I'll go first. - Yeah, great. 488 00:26:21,871 --> 00:26:23,163 - Leonard. 489 00:26:24,124 --> 00:26:25,625 Come sit over here. 490 00:26:29,211 --> 00:26:30,505 - All right. 491 00:26:30,630 --> 00:26:34,843 (background people chattering) (mellow melodic music) 492 00:26:34,968 --> 00:26:37,386 Hi, I'll just slide in. 493 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:43,559 I'm Leonard, by the way. 494 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:49,356 - Nico 495 00:26:50,357 --> 00:26:51,733 - Nico. 496 00:26:51,734 --> 00:26:52,986 Very nice name. 497 00:26:55,279 --> 00:26:58,115 - Reminds me, actually, of when Nico and I met. 498 00:26:58,240 --> 00:27:00,201 Nico, tell the story. 499 00:27:00,785 --> 00:27:04,079 (Nico speaking French) 500 00:27:13,464 --> 00:27:15,592 - Like beautiful people. 501 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,890 You're from the North Pole, Canada? 502 00:27:22,015 --> 00:27:24,517 - Right, yeah, my mother calls me Santa Claus. 503 00:27:24,643 --> 00:27:27,144 I've got the reindeer in room 224 504 00:27:27,269 --> 00:27:29,438 if you'd like to take a ride. 505 00:27:29,439 --> 00:27:30,772 - Hm, 506 00:27:30,773 --> 00:27:31,941 and what do you do? 507 00:27:35,278 --> 00:27:39,949 - Well, then, I just escaped from Verdun Mental Hospital. 508 00:27:41,534 --> 00:27:43,411 Has anyone ever stayed there? 509 00:27:44,371 --> 00:27:46,829 I was visiting a friend, and I asked him, 510 00:27:46,830 --> 00:27:48,875 "Where can I get a coffee?" 511 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,251 He said, "Downstairs." 512 00:27:51,377 --> 00:27:55,839 It was a hot afternoon, I remember and I removed my jacket, 513 00:27:55,964 --> 00:27:57,173 and I left it with my friend, 514 00:27:57,174 --> 00:28:00,595 who, though mentally ill, was no thief. 515 00:28:00,720 --> 00:28:03,346 But as I was downstairs drinking my coffee, 516 00:28:03,347 --> 00:28:06,893 two large men in white uniforms come toward me. 517 00:28:07,018 --> 00:28:09,269 And one of them looks at me and he says, 518 00:28:09,395 --> 00:28:12,522 "Where are you supposed to be right now?" 519 00:28:12,523 --> 00:28:15,402 I said, "In the cafeteria." 520 00:28:15,527 --> 00:28:17,112 They nodded to each other. 521 00:28:18,488 --> 00:28:22,324 "Yeah. Where are you supposed to be right now?" 522 00:28:22,325 --> 00:28:24,243 "In the cafeteria!" 523 00:28:24,368 --> 00:28:26,202 So much so that, after three or four times 524 00:28:26,203 --> 00:28:29,415 of interrogating me, I found that I was shouting, 525 00:28:29,540 --> 00:28:32,166 and shoving them aside, and racing down the corridor, 526 00:28:32,167 --> 00:28:35,336 and they were chasing me, and I was running upstairs. 527 00:28:35,337 --> 00:28:37,381 And it wasn't until a guard identified me 528 00:28:37,382 --> 00:28:40,259 that I was allowed to go back to my friend, 529 00:28:40,384 --> 00:28:42,429 who had eaten my jacket. 530 00:28:42,554 --> 00:28:45,181 (all laughing) 531 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,731 - It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Mr... 532 00:28:54,857 --> 00:28:57,402 - Mr. Claus, I thought we'd been through this. 533 00:28:57,527 --> 00:29:00,570 - I'm the Easter Bunny, and this is the Tooth Fairy. 534 00:29:00,571 --> 00:29:02,740 (Leonard laughing) 535 00:29:02,865 --> 00:29:05,535 - Which mythological figure are you? 536 00:29:07,953 --> 00:29:09,998 Both David and Goliath. 537 00:29:12,916 --> 00:29:16,128 If you can hear me, just don't say anything. (laughing) 538 00:29:16,253 --> 00:29:18,588 - [Lou] She's Minerva, the queen of winter. 539 00:29:18,589 --> 00:29:19,883 - Queen of winter? 540 00:29:23,428 --> 00:29:28,557 (traffic rumbling) (electric sign buzzing) 541 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,861 (soft guitar music) 542 00:29:39,986 --> 00:29:40,819 Uh! 543 00:29:50,788 --> 00:29:54,125 (waves lapping) (bird calling) 544 00:29:54,250 --> 00:29:57,336 (soft guitar music) 545 00:30:04,176 --> 00:30:07,806 (soft guitar music continues) 546 00:30:07,931 --> 00:30:12,935 ♪ I cannot find you, my love ♪ 547 00:30:15,730 --> 00:30:20,859 ♪ I cannot follow you, my love ♪ 548 00:30:21,693 --> 00:30:26,782 ♪ You cannot follow me ♪ 549 00:30:27,784 --> 00:30:31,703 ♪ And the distance you put between ♪ 550 00:30:31,828 --> 00:30:36,459 ♪ All of the moments that we will be ♪ 551 00:30:39,878 --> 00:30:40,922 - Take a button. 552 00:30:41,047 --> 00:30:43,508 ♪ You know who I am ♪ 553 00:30:43,633 --> 00:30:45,718 - [John Starr Cooke] Chew it slowly. 554 00:30:45,844 --> 00:30:49,805 ♪ You stare at the sun ♪ 555 00:30:49,806 --> 00:30:54,142 ♪ Well, I am the one who loves changing ♪ 556 00:30:54,143 --> 00:30:57,396 ♪ From nothing to one ♪ 557 00:30:57,521 --> 00:30:59,065 - How long does it last? 558 00:30:59,941 --> 00:31:01,150 - Time? 559 00:31:02,777 --> 00:31:03,819 What's time? 560 00:31:04,903 --> 00:31:06,363 Don't fight it. 561 00:31:06,364 --> 00:31:08,489 Let yourself drift. 562 00:31:08,490 --> 00:31:11,661 (soft guitar music) 563 00:31:14,788 --> 00:31:19,294 ♪ I need you to suck me dry ♪ 564 00:31:19,419 --> 00:31:22,004 ♪ I need you ♪ 565 00:31:22,005 --> 00:31:25,674 ♪ I need you like a child ♪ 566 00:31:36,853 --> 00:31:41,316 ♪ I need you to carry my children ♪ 567 00:31:41,441 --> 00:31:45,694 ♪ And I need you to kill a child ♪ 568 00:31:49,281 --> 00:31:52,201 (Leonard sighing) 569 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:03,003 (wings fluttering) 570 00:32:03,128 --> 00:32:06,007 (gentle ethereal music) 571 00:32:06,132 --> 00:32:07,967 (crow cawing) 572 00:32:08,092 --> 00:32:11,511 (gentle ethereal music) 573 00:32:16,643 --> 00:32:19,938 (water bubbling) 574 00:32:20,063 --> 00:32:23,482 (gentle ethereal music) 575 00:32:25,151 --> 00:32:27,444 (crow cawing) 576 00:32:27,569 --> 00:32:30,740 (gentle eerie music) 577 00:32:37,038 --> 00:32:40,040 (rocks clattering) 578 00:32:41,084 --> 00:32:44,252 (gentle eerie music) 579 00:32:50,926 --> 00:32:55,097 (gentle eerie music continues) 580 00:33:01,019 --> 00:33:04,941 (gentle eerie music continues) 581 00:33:08,193 --> 00:33:09,777 (door creaking) 582 00:33:09,778 --> 00:33:13,074 (gentle eerie music) 583 00:33:16,201 --> 00:33:18,746 (door thudding) 584 00:33:18,871 --> 00:33:24,042 (lover moaning softly) (gentle eerie music) 585 00:33:28,881 --> 00:33:34,095 (lover moaning softly) (gentle eerie music) 586 00:33:38,891 --> 00:33:44,105 (lover moaning softly) (gentle eerie music) 587 00:33:48,734 --> 00:33:49,985 (Marianne vomiting) 588 00:33:49,986 --> 00:33:53,155 (Marianne coughing) 589 00:33:54,906 --> 00:33:58,618 (Marianne groaning softly) 590 00:34:01,830 --> 00:34:04,916 (gentle eerie music) 591 00:34:11,757 --> 00:34:14,302 (crow cawing) 592 00:34:17,764 --> 00:34:21,016 - [John Starr Cooke] Did you find it? 593 00:34:22,934 --> 00:34:23,769 In light? 594 00:34:24,603 --> 00:34:26,230 In the darkness? 595 00:34:26,355 --> 00:34:31,527 (breeze blowing) (wind chime tinkling) 596 00:34:34,572 --> 00:34:36,699 - I just saw through me. 597 00:34:37,699 --> 00:34:41,036 - [John Starr Cooke] What did you see? 598 00:34:41,954 --> 00:34:47,043 (birds chirping) (wind chime tinkling) 599 00:34:55,092 --> 00:34:57,677 - Do you think that sometimes we just... 600 00:34:59,764 --> 00:35:02,682 You wanna believe even though all the evidence is... 601 00:35:04,476 --> 00:35:05,228 There? 602 00:35:10,108 --> 00:35:12,318 - [John Starr Cooke] Stay a few more days. 603 00:35:13,485 --> 00:35:14,737 - We're going home. 604 00:35:20,034 --> 00:35:22,119 (Marianne sighing) 605 00:35:22,244 --> 00:35:26,706 (birds chirping) (wind chime tinkling) 606 00:35:26,833 --> 00:35:28,917 ♪ You know who I am ♪ 607 00:35:28,918 --> 00:35:30,128 (Marianne spitting) 608 00:35:30,253 --> 00:35:31,545 (Marianne coughing) 609 00:35:31,670 --> 00:35:36,050 ♪ You stared at the sun ♪ 610 00:35:36,175 --> 00:35:38,468 ♪ Well, I am the one ♪ 611 00:35:38,469 --> 00:35:43,473 ♪ Who loves changing from nothing to one ♪ 612 00:35:43,474 --> 00:35:46,518 (soft guitar music) 613 00:35:53,275 --> 00:35:57,280 (soft guitar music continues) 614 00:36:02,117 --> 00:36:03,661 (soft guitar music continues) 615 00:36:03,786 --> 00:36:07,789 (John Hammond exhales heavily) 616 00:36:13,753 --> 00:36:14,630 - Yeah. 617 00:36:16,715 --> 00:36:17,632 You've got it. 618 00:36:22,137 --> 00:36:23,681 (background people chattering) 619 00:36:23,806 --> 00:36:26,434 I don't know what you know about me, Leonard. 620 00:36:27,559 --> 00:36:31,312 - Well, she told me you signed, ah, 621 00:36:31,313 --> 00:36:34,108 Dylan before he was Mr. Bob Dylan. 622 00:36:34,233 --> 00:36:35,482 - Yes, I did. 623 00:36:35,483 --> 00:36:39,654 I did, I also signed Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin. 624 00:36:39,655 --> 00:36:41,114 I signed a lot. 625 00:36:42,324 --> 00:36:45,119 Mostly, I signed artists you never heard from again, though. 626 00:36:45,244 --> 00:36:46,286 But anyway, either way, 627 00:36:46,411 --> 00:36:48,079 my bosses don't care what I did yesterday. 628 00:36:48,206 --> 00:36:49,205 They like to play a little game 629 00:36:49,206 --> 00:36:51,332 that's a lot like baseball, Leonard. 630 00:36:51,333 --> 00:36:54,336 You're Canadian, I can explain it to you if you like. 631 00:36:55,795 --> 00:36:58,298 They hurl balls at you, and you swing at the ones 632 00:36:58,423 --> 00:36:59,883 you think are gonna be hits. 633 00:36:59,884 --> 00:37:02,719 If you miss three times, you're out. 634 00:37:02,844 --> 00:37:05,431 Of course, you can choose not to swing at them, 635 00:37:05,556 --> 00:37:07,432 but if they become hits at another label, 636 00:37:07,557 --> 00:37:09,726 well, you're also out. 637 00:37:09,851 --> 00:37:12,062 (background people chattering) 638 00:37:12,063 --> 00:37:14,397 - How many strikes do you have left? 639 00:37:14,398 --> 00:37:15,857 - Oh, you do know the game. 640 00:37:15,858 --> 00:37:19,152 I have one, Leonard, and that's you, potentially. 641 00:37:19,277 --> 00:37:21,489 I told my boss I was thinking of signing you, 642 00:37:21,614 --> 00:37:23,782 and he asked me if I was out of my mind. 643 00:37:24,951 --> 00:37:27,161 He said, "A 32-year-old poet, huh?" 644 00:37:27,286 --> 00:37:31,248 - Well, I really feel much older, if that's any consolation. 645 00:37:31,373 --> 00:37:34,543 - Oh, that's huge, yeah, that'll help the pitch. 646 00:37:37,295 --> 00:37:39,798 Listen, I like the stuff you played me, I do. 647 00:37:39,923 --> 00:37:41,175 - Thank you. 648 00:37:41,300 --> 00:37:45,804 - My fear is that you don't have enough good material. 649 00:37:47,847 --> 00:37:49,099 - I agree with you completely. 650 00:37:49,224 --> 00:37:51,893 I mean, I don't know if the songs are there yet. 651 00:37:53,478 --> 00:37:55,605 But I have some more songs that I've written 652 00:37:55,606 --> 00:37:57,148 that I recorded in the bathroom. 653 00:37:57,275 --> 00:37:59,318 It makes my voice a little more tolerable. 654 00:37:59,443 --> 00:38:01,152 - [John Hammond] In the bathroom? 655 00:38:01,277 --> 00:38:02,404 - But I have those tapes. 656 00:38:02,405 --> 00:38:03,404 - You do? - Yeah. 657 00:38:03,405 --> 00:38:05,406 - Well, let's listen to them. 658 00:38:05,407 --> 00:38:06,741 - Do you mean now? 659 00:38:06,742 --> 00:38:07,908 - Yes. - Okay. 660 00:38:07,909 --> 00:38:09,704 - You're at the Chelsea, yeah? 661 00:38:09,829 --> 00:38:10,871 - [Leonard] Right. 662 00:38:10,996 --> 00:38:12,831 - It's right around the corner, my friend. 663 00:38:15,166 --> 00:38:16,751 - So, what did he say then? 664 00:38:17,545 --> 00:38:19,587 - He said that I've got it. 665 00:38:19,588 --> 00:38:20,880 - You got what? 666 00:38:21,007 --> 00:38:22,631 - That's what I said. - You have talent. 667 00:38:22,632 --> 00:38:24,091 That's for sure, you got talent. 668 00:38:24,092 --> 00:38:26,052 - I'm not sure that's what he was saying. 669 00:38:26,177 --> 00:38:27,595 - You know, American bullshit, bullshit. 670 00:38:27,596 --> 00:38:30,765 - He said he's talking with the record company, 671 00:38:30,766 --> 00:38:32,808 and seeing if they'll sign me. 672 00:38:32,809 --> 00:38:34,978 - Just wait, you'll get it. 673 00:38:35,103 --> 00:38:37,647 You always get it, don't you? 674 00:38:37,648 --> 00:38:38,398 - Get what? 675 00:38:38,523 --> 00:38:39,649 - What you need. 676 00:38:39,650 --> 00:38:42,151 You've always gotten what you need, 677 00:38:42,152 --> 00:38:43,403 in the end. 678 00:38:43,528 --> 00:38:46,113 (background people chattering) (mellow melodic music) 679 00:38:46,114 --> 00:38:49,159 - [Leonard] I want to put her in my drink. 680 00:38:49,284 --> 00:38:52,663 - She's a Nazi. She's a German. 681 00:38:52,788 --> 00:38:55,623 But if you absolutely have to fuck her, 682 00:38:56,375 --> 00:38:59,753 revenge our people. 683 00:38:59,878 --> 00:39:03,006 - She doesn't like me, Irving, she said I was too old. 684 00:39:03,007 --> 00:39:06,260 - Oh, she's a German, you can't trust them. 685 00:39:07,302 --> 00:39:10,056 Why do you want her? You've got Marianne. 686 00:39:10,972 --> 00:39:14,142 Marianne. (laughing) 687 00:39:14,143 --> 00:39:17,521 Marianne. 688 00:39:17,646 --> 00:39:18,938 - Don't worry, that's what I'm thinking of all day. 689 00:39:19,065 --> 00:39:20,231 It kills me. - Yeah. 690 00:39:20,358 --> 00:39:22,192 - I try to write her, 691 00:39:22,193 --> 00:39:25,152 but what, what can you say? 692 00:39:25,153 --> 00:39:28,823 I feel that we need this kind of distance. 693 00:39:28,824 --> 00:39:33,371 And perhaps, it's a grotesque justification, 694 00:39:33,496 --> 00:39:35,830 but I feel we're suffocating a beautiful butterfly. 695 00:39:35,831 --> 00:39:38,416 - Oh, fucking, Jesus fucking Christ, Lenny! 696 00:39:38,541 --> 00:39:39,835 You sound like... 697 00:39:41,003 --> 00:39:41,961 Jane Austen. 698 00:39:44,923 --> 00:39:46,634 Give me your hand. 699 00:39:49,260 --> 00:39:51,011 Are you really going up there, 700 00:39:51,012 --> 00:39:54,890 and sing and play in front of an audience? 701 00:39:54,891 --> 00:39:57,185 - I don't know, I said yes. 702 00:39:57,186 --> 00:40:00,106 I can always smash my guitar before I go on. 703 00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:03,858 - Don't ever doubt your poetry. 704 00:40:07,445 --> 00:40:10,032 Now can we get some drugs on the table? 705 00:40:14,202 --> 00:40:16,079 (Göran speaking Norwegian) 706 00:40:16,204 --> 00:40:18,456 (Marianne speaking Norwegian) 707 00:40:18,581 --> 00:40:22,168 (both speaking Norwegian) 708 00:40:52,074 --> 00:40:53,534 (horse neighing) 709 00:40:53,659 --> 00:40:55,952 (horse's hooves clopping) 710 00:40:56,077 --> 00:40:59,580 (Göran speaking Norwegian) 711 00:40:59,581 --> 00:41:02,751 (soft guitar music) 712 00:41:05,588 --> 00:41:08,840 (pill bottle rattling) 713 00:41:10,092 --> 00:41:11,927 - You're disgusting. 714 00:41:13,929 --> 00:41:16,973 (soft guitar music) 715 00:41:16,974 --> 00:41:21,311 ♪ Suzanne takes you down ♪ 716 00:41:21,436 --> 00:41:25,482 ♪ To her place near the river ♪ 717 00:41:25,483 --> 00:41:28,985 ♪ You can hear the boats go by ♪ 718 00:41:29,110 --> 00:41:32,488 ♪ You can spend the night beside her ♪ 719 00:41:32,489 --> 00:41:35,909 ♪ And you know that she's half, ah ♪ 720 00:41:36,034 --> 00:41:36,869 Ah! 721 00:41:37,869 --> 00:41:40,664 ♪ And you know that she's half (coughing) ♪ 722 00:41:40,789 --> 00:41:43,918 ♪ And you know that she's half crazy ♪ 723 00:41:44,043 --> 00:41:45,878 Uh! 724 00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:46,878 (hand thudding) 725 00:41:47,003 --> 00:41:48,338 Fucking shit! 726 00:41:48,463 --> 00:41:49,507 Fucking thing! 727 00:41:49,632 --> 00:41:50,423 ♪ Marianne ♪ 728 00:41:50,548 --> 00:41:51,509 You fucking idiot! 729 00:41:51,634 --> 00:41:56,804 ♪ Marianne at the edge of the river ♪ 730 00:41:57,639 --> 00:42:01,059 ♪ And you know she's crazy ♪ 731 00:42:02,061 --> 00:42:04,646 (phone ringing) 732 00:42:13,780 --> 00:42:15,490 - [Marianne] Hello? 733 00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:18,952 - [Leonard] Hi, my love. 734 00:42:19,077 --> 00:42:20,746 - Hi. (laughing) 735 00:42:20,871 --> 00:42:22,748 Where on Earth are you? 736 00:42:22,873 --> 00:42:24,666 - [Leonard] Oh, I'm not on Earth. 737 00:42:25,751 --> 00:42:28,836 I've landed in a completely different planet. 738 00:42:29,797 --> 00:42:31,172 I have no map here. 739 00:42:32,590 --> 00:42:33,675 - What's wrong? 740 00:42:34,927 --> 00:42:38,972 - [Leonard] Sorry, I'm about to go to a theatre, 741 00:42:39,097 --> 00:42:41,223 and go perform. 742 00:42:41,224 --> 00:42:43,643 I'm the secret guest artist. 743 00:42:45,271 --> 00:42:48,440 There are 3,000 people waiting there for me. 744 00:42:51,818 --> 00:42:56,447 I've never felt so unsure, ever, 745 00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:59,784 and I'm scared, Marianne, I sound like a little boy, I know, 746 00:42:59,909 --> 00:43:01,829 but I'm just very, very scared. 747 00:43:04,248 --> 00:43:06,541 I'm going to sing my hit. 748 00:43:07,293 --> 00:43:10,795 You know, I'm going to be a hit, 749 00:43:10,920 --> 00:43:12,590 and I can't even sing. 750 00:43:12,715 --> 00:43:13,798 (soft orchestral music) 751 00:43:13,923 --> 00:43:15,049 - I know that you can. 752 00:43:15,050 --> 00:43:17,260 And this is what you wanted, isn't it? 753 00:43:17,385 --> 00:43:20,222 You can, you can be a singer. 754 00:43:21,724 --> 00:43:24,393 - I don't know if I do want it. 755 00:43:25,518 --> 00:43:29,272 I'm afraid that if I walk out there, 756 00:43:29,273 --> 00:43:32,025 then everything we know is gone. 757 00:43:33,943 --> 00:43:37,572 (gentle orchestral music) 758 00:43:40,409 --> 00:43:45,164 (audience clapping rhythmically) 759 00:43:45,289 --> 00:43:47,291 I suppose I should go. 760 00:43:47,416 --> 00:43:52,085 (audience clapping rhythmically) 761 00:43:52,086 --> 00:43:53,047 - Mm-hm. 762 00:43:55,507 --> 00:43:59,260 (Leonard breathing deeply) 763 00:44:03,806 --> 00:44:07,143 - [Judy] You've all heard my song, "Suzanne" 764 00:44:07,268 --> 00:44:09,646 on my latest album, thank you. 765 00:44:09,771 --> 00:44:11,190 And tonight, out of the shadows, 766 00:44:11,315 --> 00:44:14,984 I brought the man who wrote that great song, Leonard Cohen. 767 00:44:14,985 --> 00:44:19,447 (audience cheering and applauding) 768 00:44:38,967 --> 00:44:42,096 (soft guitar music) 769 00:44:46,432 --> 00:44:48,850 - The guitar has feathers today. 770 00:44:48,851 --> 00:44:52,690 (audience members laughing) 771 00:44:52,815 --> 00:44:55,983 (soft guitar music) 772 00:45:02,824 --> 00:45:06,744 (soft guitar music continues) 773 00:45:10,123 --> 00:45:14,253 ♪ Suzanne takes you down ♪ 774 00:45:14,378 --> 00:45:19,048 ♪ To her place near the river ♪ 775 00:45:19,173 --> 00:45:22,135 ♪ You can hear the boats go by ♪ 776 00:45:22,260 --> 00:45:26,680 ♪ You can spend the night beside her ♪ 777 00:45:26,681 --> 00:45:31,478 ♪ And you know she's crazy ♪ 778 00:45:31,603 --> 00:45:33,063 ♪ That's why ♪ 779 00:45:33,188 --> 00:45:36,358 (gentle eerie music) 780 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:44,657 (Leonard breathing heavily) 781 00:45:44,782 --> 00:45:47,576 - Everybody, ah, it's Leonard's first time 782 00:45:47,577 --> 00:45:49,663 in front of a big audience. 783 00:45:49,788 --> 00:45:51,205 (Leonard breathing heavily) (door clicking) 784 00:45:51,206 --> 00:45:54,251 Let's see if we can get him back out here again. 785 00:45:54,376 --> 00:45:58,380 (muffled audience applauding) 786 00:46:00,632 --> 00:46:04,551 (audience cheering and applauding) 787 00:46:04,552 --> 00:46:09,724 (Leonard breathing heavily) (soft eerie music) 788 00:46:10,641 --> 00:46:13,436 (audience cheering and applauding) 789 00:46:13,561 --> 00:46:16,230 I think I'll start this one, shall I? 790 00:46:16,231 --> 00:46:19,400 (soft guitar music) 791 00:46:23,155 --> 00:46:26,948 ♪ Suzanne takes you down ♪ 792 00:46:26,949 --> 00:46:30,661 ♪ To a place by the river ♪ 793 00:46:30,788 --> 00:46:34,957 ♪ You can hear the boats go by ♪ 794 00:46:34,958 --> 00:46:38,878 ♪ You can spend the night forever ♪ 795 00:46:39,003 --> 00:46:43,089 ♪ And you know that she's half crazy ♪ 796 00:46:43,090 --> 00:46:47,303 ♪ And that's why you want to be there ♪ 797 00:46:47,304 --> 00:46:51,431 ♪ And she feeds you tea and oranges ♪ 798 00:46:51,432 --> 00:46:55,896 ♪ That come all the way from China ♪ 799 00:46:56,021 --> 00:46:59,565 ♪ And just when you want to tell her ♪ 800 00:46:59,690 --> 00:47:04,070 ♪ That you have no love to give her ♪ 801 00:47:04,195 --> 00:47:08,367 ♪ She gets you on her wavelength ♪ 802 00:47:08,492 --> 00:47:12,160 ♪ And lets the river answer ♪ 803 00:47:12,161 --> 00:47:17,458 ♪ That you've always been her lover ♪ 804 00:47:20,045 --> 00:47:24,675 ♪ And you want to travel with her ♪ 805 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:28,344 ♪ You want to travel blind ♪ 806 00:47:28,469 --> 00:47:32,599 ♪ And you think you'll maybe trust her ♪ 807 00:47:32,724 --> 00:47:36,852 ♪ For she's touched your perfect body ♪ 808 00:47:36,853 --> 00:47:39,648 ♪ With her mind ♪