Part concert film, part interview film. The titular singer-songwriter takes no part in the tributary concert, called "Came So Far for Beauty" and staged at the Sydney Opera House in January of 2005, but he dominates the interviews, along with Bono and The Edge of the rock group U2, who take no part in the concert either, but accompany Cohen in a single addendum number, "Tower of Song," recorded at the Slipper Room in New York City. The filmmaker, Lian Lunson, feels at liberty to drop bits of the interviews, disruptively, into the instrumental middles of the concert pieces. Of these, Martha Wainwright's rendition of "The Traitor," in unwavering closeup, is particularly spellbinding, despite the disruption. Cohen himself is a low-key charmer, counterbalanced by the pretentious pronouncements of the two U2-ers. With Rufus Wainwright, Nick Cave, Antony, Jarvis Cocker, Beth Orton, Kate and Anna McGarrigle. (2006) — Duncan Shepherd
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