Icarus vs Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.7/10 for Icarus). Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 2h 1m. Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler is the older of the two (2011 against 2017). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Icarus
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler| Icarus | Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.7/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2017 | 2011 |
| Length | 2h 1m | 1h 27m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | United States of America |
| Director | Bryan Fogel | Peter Rosen |
| Main cast | Bryan Fogel, Dave Zabriskie, Don Catlin, Grigory Rodchenkov, Scott Brandt | Itzhak Perlman, Jascha Heifetz |
Synopsis
Icarus
While investigating the furtive world of illegal doping in sports, director Bryan Fogel connects with renegade Russian scientist Dr. Grigory Rodchenkov—a pillar of his country’s “anti-doping” program. Over dozens of Skype calls, urine samples, and badly administered hormone injections, Fogel and Rodchenkov grow closer despite shocking allegations that place Rodchenkov at the center of Russia’s state-sponsored Olympic doping program.
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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