Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer

• Judd Hirsch: spokesman

Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer is an American documentary film from 1986 directed by Amram Nowak. . The film deals with the life and work of Nobel Prize winner Isaac Bashevis Singer ( 1902-1991 ). Isaac in America premiered on September 28, 1986, the New York Film Festival.

Action

The writer Isaac Bashevis Singer talks about his childhood in Warsaw, his childhood at Coney Iceland, his career and another worth remembering from his life. He visited places and people that have influenced his work. So Singer shows his main residence after immigration in the 1930s and takes the camera into the newspaper office, in who started his career. The actor Judd Hirsch and Singer Singers read from works, for example, from the short story A Day at Coney Iceland. Furthermore, the author also offers a view into his apartment on the Upper West Side and in his office, which is so full of books that hardly any place to go is.

Nominations

Isaac in America: A Journey with Isaac Bashevis Singer in 1987 for the Academy Award for " Best Documentary " nomination, but could not win the prize. At the Sundance Film Festival 1987, the film went away empty-handed in the category "Documentation" as well.

Reviews

The New York Times wrote in September 1986, the film was a " warm, anecdotal portrait ".