Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler vs Notes for a Film in India
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler has the higher audience score (10/10 against 6.2/10 for Notes for a Film in India). Notes for a Film in India is the shorter watch at 25m compared with 1h 27m. Notes for a Film in India is the older of the two (1968 against 2011). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler
Notes for a Film in India| Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler | Notes for a Film in India | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 6.2/10 |
| Year | 2011 | 1968 |
| Length | 1h 27m | 25m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United States of America | – |
| Director | Peter Rosen | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Main cast | Itzhak Perlman, Jascha Heifetz | Khwaja Ahmad Abbas, Rajinder Singh Bedi, Pier Paolo Pasolini |
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…
Notes for a Film in India
A 1968 short documentary film by Pier Paolo Pasolini where he visits India in the search of a king who could give up his body to feed a starving tiger.
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