Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler vs Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7.3/10 for Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold). Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler is the shorter watch at 1h 27m compared with 1h 32m. Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler is the older of the two (2011 against 2017). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold| Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler | Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 7.3/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 2017 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 1h 32m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Peter Rosen | Griffin Dunne |
| Main cast | Itzhak Perlman, Jascha Heifetz | Harrison Ford, Vanessa Redgrave, Tuesday Weld, Griffin Dunne, Patricia Hearst |
Synopsis
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…
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold
Griffin Dunne’s years-in-the-making documentary portrait of his aunt Joan Didion moves with the spirit of her uncannily lucid writing: the film simultaneously expands and zeroes in, covering a vast stretch of turbulent cultural history with elegance and candor.
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