Living together in a way that the film regards as a lost paradise, the couple saw things change when Cohen wrote a lyric he felt was a song and played it for Judy Collins on a trip to the U.S. Pennebaker) attest, both Cohen and Ihlen were gorgeous, though apparently neither of them believed it. The son of an elite Montreal family, Cohen was considered one of Canada’s best young poets when he arrived on Hydra in 1960 and fell immediately for Ihlen, who was coming out of an unhappy marriage.Īs photographs from the period (as well as newly discovered film shot by director D.A. The affair the two of them had was brief but Marianne’s impact was key to encouraging Broomfield to attempt documentary filmmaking and the two remained friends.īecause Ihlen was never the public figure that the often idolized Cohen was, “Words of Love” eventually becomes as much a documentary on him as a record of a relationship.īut that relationship does have pride of place, and as described by the participants in vintage audio and by people who knew him in contemporary interviews, it does fascinate. When he was a self-described “rather lost 20-year-old looking for adventure and excitement,” he met Marianne on the Greek island of Hydra. Re-creating the emotional texture of a volatile, passionate love affair, not so much.īut as it turns out, this film is personal for Broomfield as well.
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Instead, he’s best known for hard-edged, scrappy films like “Biggie & Tupac,” “Tales of the Grim Sleeper” and two documentaries on serial killer Aileen Wuornos. Though the British veteran Broomfield is an accomplished documentarian, telling this kind of poignant story is not business as usual for him. Safe travels, old friend, see you down the road. “I’ve never forgotten your love and your beauty. “I’m just a little behind you, close enough to take your hand,” he wrote.
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