Itzhak with Alison Chernick and Robert Weide (Ep. 167)

The Director’s Cut - A DGA Podcast

Directors Guild of America

Tv & Film

4.6 • 806 Ratings

🗓️ 26 October 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Director Alison Chernick discusses her film, Itzhak, with fellow director Robert Weide. The film follows celebrated violinist Itzhak Perlman, looking beyond his performances to see the polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland to Israel, and the young man who struggled to be taken seriously as a music student when schools saw only his disability. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://www.dga.org/Events/2018/Dec2018/DocSeries_Itzhak.aspx

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0:00.0	Hello, and thanks for tuning in to another episode of The Directors Cut, a podcast by the Directors Guild of America,
0:08.3	featuring today's top directors sharing behind-the-scenes stories of their latest films and insights into the craft of directing.
0:15.7	Please take a second to subscribe to our show on iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:22.6	Check out the DGA website at DGA.org and hover over the craft tab to watch or listen to hours of content, such
0:30.6	as past episodes of the director's cut, videos of the Guild's 75th anniversary celebration,
0:36.6	and long-form interviews from our visual history program.
0:45.7	This episode takes us behind the scenes of director Alison Chernik's new documentary, Itzhak.
0:51.7	The film follows celebrated violinist Izhak Perlman, looking beyond
0:56.1	his performances to see the polio survivor whose parents emigrated from Poland to Israel,
1:00.6	and the young man who struggled to be taken seriously as a music student when schools only saw his
1:05.8	disability. Itzhak himself is funny, irreverent, and self-deprecating, and unspools his life's story in conversations with masterful musicians, family and friends, and most endearingly, his devoted wife of 50 years.
1:20.5	Itzhak was screened as part of the DGA's documentary series, which aims to spotlight groundbreaking nonfiction films for DGA members and guests
1:28.4	by presenting screenings of documentaries as well as conversations with their directors.
1:34.2	In addition to Itschak, Ms. Chernik's filmography includes the documentary feature Jackson Pollock,
1:40.2	loopholes. Following the screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Ms.
1:46.0	Chernik spoke with director Robert Whitey about filming Itschak. During their conversation,
1:51.0	Ms. Chernik discusses the nine-month editing process, the technical concerns of shooting a
1:56.0	Verity documentary for a film deeply involved with music, and the importance of relying on one's instincts
2:02.3	when shooting a documentary.
2:06.9	I'm Bob. This is Allison in case you haven't figured that out.
2:13.3	I, first of all, congratulations. What a wonderful film. Thank you. I wouldn't say that if I didn't mean it.
2:20.3	When my wife and I watched this together and I turned her afterwards and I said,
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