Witness legendary singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen performing his unforgettable music at various shows and events during his famous 1972 tour.
This film, made at the request of Maria Callas herself, was started in 1973, but wasn't finished until 12 years later. It includes eye-witness accounts by Franco Zeffirelli, Tito Gobbi, Luchino Visconti, Carlo Maria Giulini, Giuseppe Di Stefano and many others who knew her well.
It tells a story that was previously unknown, about a great singer who had been brought low by love,...
A huge panorama of Wagner's life and work, from before the 1848 Revolution, through his exile in Switzerland, his rescue by the besotted King Ludwig II of Bavaria to the final triumph at Bayreuth. Wagner's radical musical and political ideas, his German nationalism and even his anti-Semitism are set in the context of his life and times.
The world premiere of this feature film by Tony Palmer was at the Rainbow Theater on July 5, 1974, in London. The original version cost over 120.000 USD *) to produce, but Cohen was not satisfied. He spent six months in England editing and rearranging the film to show the deeper elements in music, the conditions that produced it, and his interaction with the audiences. It conta...
Telegram from Paul McCartney
'This is just great; absolutely what we meant'
Daily Telegraph
'If Mr. Palmer's intention was to disturb, he succeeded brilliantly. It was absolutely chilling.'
Observer
'It said more about pop than a year of Top Of The Pops.'
Daily Express
'With hideous, clamorous force, Tony Palmer's film about the pop world burst out of the TV screen last night -...