Chasing Ice vs Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.5/10 for Chasing Ice). Chasing Ice is the shorter watch at 1h 14m compared with 1h 27m. Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler is the older of the two (2011 against 2012). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Chasing Ice
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler| Chasing Ice | Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.5/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2012 | 2011 |
| Length | 1h 14m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Jeff Orlowski | Peter Rosen |
| Main cast | James Balog, Svavar Jonatansson, Adam LeWinter, Louie Psihoyos, Kitty Boone | Itzhak Perlman, Jascha Heifetz |
Synopsis
Chasing Ice
When National Geographic photographer James Balog asked, “How can one take a picture of climate change?” his attention was immediately drawn to ice. Soon he was asked to do a cover story on glaciers that became the most popular and well-read piece in the magazine during the last five years. But for Balog, that story marked the beginning of a much larger and longer-term project that would reach epic proportions.
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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