Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour vs Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.5/10 for Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour). Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour is the shorter watch at 55m compared with 1h 27m. Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour is the older of the two (2010 against 2011). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler| Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour | Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2010 | 2011 |
| Length | 55m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Matthew Springford | Peter Rosen |
| Main cast | Ai Weiwei | Itzhak Perlman, Jascha Heifetz |
Synopsis
Ai Weiwei: Without Fear or Favour
Arts documentary, first broadcast before Ai Weiwei's arrest by the Chinese authorities in April 2011, and his subsequent release after being detained for 11 weeks. Architect, photographer, curator and blogger, Ai Weiwei is China's most famous and politically outspoken contemporary artist. Alan Yentob explores the story of Ai Weiwei's life and art, and reveals how this most courageous and determined of artists continues to fight for artistic…
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin. Jascha Heifetz was the first truly modern virtuoso, a man about whom Itzhak Perlman said, 'When I spoke with him, I can't believe, I'm talking to God'. Heifetz was a legendary but mysterious figure whose story embodies the dual nature of artistic genius. The paradox of how a mortal man lives with immortal gifts - gifts he must honor, but which extract a life-long price. Is the man…
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