Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler vs The Forgotten Coast

Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5/10 for The Forgotten Coast). The Forgotten Coast is the shorter watch at 31m compared with 1h 27m. Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler is the older of the two (2011 against 2024). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Jascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler posterJascha Heifetz: God's Fiddler2011 VS The Forgotten Coast posterThe Forgotten Coast2024
Jascha Heifetz: God's FiddlerThe Forgotten Coast
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 5.0/10
Year20112024
Length1h 27m31m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
CountryUnited States of AmericaUnited States of America
DirectorPeter RosenBrian Davis, Chris Burkard
Main castItzhak Perlman, Jascha HeifetzChris Burkard, Steve Fassbender, Cameron Lawson, Siggi Petur

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…

The Forgotten Coast

Inspired by over a decade of documenting Iceland's glacial river systems and their intersection with the ocean from the seats of a small aircraft, Chris Burkard sets out for an immersive expedition across 41 of these rivers - by connecting a 400km series of exposed sandbars that provide a barrier between the harsh waters of the north Atlantic along Iceland's southern coast, armed only with a fat bike and inflatable raft and accompanied by two…

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