Call Us Ishmael vs On the Impossibility of an Homage
On the Impossibility of an Homage is the shorter watch at 19m compared with 1h 19m. Call Us Ishmael is the older of the two (2018 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Call Us Ishmael
On the Impossibility of an Homage| Call Us Ishmael | On the Impossibility of an Homage | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 0.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2018 | 2024 |
| Length | 1h 19m | 19m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | Germany |
| Director | David Shaerf | Xandra Popescu |
| Main cast | Laurie Anderson, David Shaerf, Frank Stella, Nathaniel Philbrick, Philip Hoare | Gabriela Durleci, Cristian Susu, Mirela Simniceanu, Ion Tugearu |
Synopsis
Call Us Ishmael
Each and every year hundreds of people flock to New Bedford, MA in bleak mid-winter to partake in a celebration like none other. They read this single book out loud over the course of two full days without stopping. All of these people have one thing in common: they are obsessed with Moby Dick, the book that most call the Great American Novel.
On the Impossibility of an Homage
Given a portrait, who is responsible for the image we see, the painter or the subject? Ion used to be a a rockstar of Ballet in Communist Romania. When we first discussed the possibility of a portrait, Ion was initially thrilled. He’d been dreaming that someday there’d be a film about him. But during the filmmaking process Ion finds it hard to let go.
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