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Not since Paganini had there been such a magician on the violin. We see never-seen-before vintage filmed performance clips and home movies of Jascha Heifetz and learn that he was the first truly modern violin virtuoso, the man about whom Itzhak Perlman said, When I spoke with him, I thought, I cant believe Im talking with God.
This film portrays an artist for whom only perfection would do. A musical wunderkind who went on to set the standards for nearly a century. We get to know through home movies and personal family photos taken from 1903-1987, a prestigious concert artist so well known in popular culture, his name became shorthand for greatness, for everyone from Jack Benny to The Muppets to Woody Allen. Filmed in Vilna, Lithuania, Saint Petersburg, Russia, and in the Heifetz Studio in Los Angeles, this documentary re-creates a life that spanned the 20th Century, a life that both influenced the period, and was affected by its turbulent times.
We hear from all the great violinists of his generation, and from many of his former students who are still alive, that 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 lifelong price. Is the man and the artist the same person? What is the price each pays? And who was the man behind the music?
This film portrays an artist for whom only perfection would do. A musical wunderkind who went on to set the standards for nearly a century. We get to know through home movies and personal family photos taken from 1903-1987, a prestigious concert artist so well known in popular culture, his name became shorthand for greatness, for everyone from Jack Benny to The Muppets to Woody Allen. Filmed in Vilna, Lithuania, Saint Petersburg, Russia, and in the Heifetz Studio in Los Angeles, this documentary re-creates a life that spanned the 20th Century, a life that both influenced the period, and was affected by its turbulent times.
We hear from all the great violinists of his generation, and from many of his former students who are still alive, that 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 lifelong price. Is the man and the artist the same person? What is the price each pays? And who was the man behind the music?
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Jascha Heifetz - God's Fiddler
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I've waited around 60 years to have something like this; after all, there was only one Heifetz. Despite some of his less likeable characteristics, his playing was simply incomparable.
A. Howard Thomas.
A. Howard Thomas.
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A WONDERFUL and COMPREHENSIVE account of the life and career of this violinistic genius, arguably the greatest concert violinist that ever lived. This DVD is an ABSOLUTE MUST! You won't be disappointed. I wasn't! One of my DVD TREASURES!!
By Paul Chapman
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I saw this Biography having only listened to his Bruch Scottish Fantasy performance and knowing very little of the man. I must say the
only comparison I could make to describe him, was that he was complex; a bit like quantum mechanics - that is, when you think you just about understand it - you probably don't. Maybe the enigma of genius, which he undoubtedly was.
only comparison I could make to describe him, was that he was complex; a bit like quantum mechanics - that is, when you think you just about understand it - you probably don't. Maybe the enigma of genius, which he undoubtedly was.
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