(((folkYEAH))) and CinemaSF Present City Scenes VIII – A Night of Live Music and Film

Beards @ 8pm sharp – Film @ 9pm – Thursday, November 29th

Conspiracy of Beards kick off the night with a set of sweet Leonard Cohen songs sang a cappella in 4 and 5 part harmony, followed by a showing of the 1971 Robert Altman film, McCabe & Mrs. Miller, which features a few Cohen songs. In fact…

During post-production on this film, ‘Robert Altman’ was having a difficult time finding a proper musical score, until he attended a party where the album “Songs of Leonard Cohen” was playing and noticed that several songs from the album seemed to fit in with the overall mood and themes of the movie. Cohen, who had been a fan of Altman’s previous film, Brewster McCloud, allowed him to use three songs from the album – “The Stranger Song”, “Sisters of Mercy” and “Winter Lady” – although Altman was dismayed when Cohen later admitted that he didn’t like the movie. A year later, Altman received a phone call from Cohen, who told him that he changed his mind after re-watching the movie with an audience and now loved it.

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The Vogue Theatre
3290 Sacramento St.
San Francisco, CA
(415) 346-2288