4/5 Opera Planning
  by Frank J. DeFelice (San Jose, CA)
Turandot is not one of my favorite operas, it being not as well known as Madam Butterfly. But I enjoyed this film because it illustrates how cross cultures can work together to create a beautiful production. Chinese opera itself is incredible, but in this film, a movie director is put in charge of the production. There is a big difference between stage lighting and film lighting. This film depicts resolving differences between crews. Not too much here about the singers, or the orchestra. Meta has a role, but it's basically about making this thing work. I especially enjoyed the army troops being used as extras.

4/5 Impossibly Fascinating!
  by David Elliott (Sacramento, CA)
It's difficult to do opera even poorly, and nearly impossible to do it well. The art form is staggeringly collaborative, and --- unlike cinema --- is utterly dependent on all factors combining in the right way at each unrepeatable, uneditable moment. So... take Puccini's swan song, TURANDOT, his grandest, if not his greatest, opera; now, present it in a city that has never produced western opera but that is the fictional/historical setting for its plot; make certain that your thousands of collaborators and artistic leadership do not speak the same language; and finally, add the less-than-creative tension of a totalitarian government determined that the entire enterprise should reflect well on both current leaders and the ancient culture. No wonder this film is so fascinating! Reviewers will understandably wish to see such a vast canvas painted from different perspectives than the ones chosen, but that serves to indicate how engaging this subject truly is. Alan Miller does an amazing job of capturing international overtones, aesthetic divergences, and personal obstacles and perseverance. Extraordinary commitment to detail and one particular coup-de-theatre: the creation of an exquisitely-danced character representing the court executioner. The focus (as is frequently the case with TURANDOT), is less on fineness of nuance than on the scale of achievement. You'll come away from viewing this documentary fully as inspired by the artists' commitment and flexibility as by the production itself. Unique!


5/5 Turandot and China: A Win-Win Situation
  by Rosie O'Grady (Portland, OR USA)
Formidable talent on all sides; formidable
difficulties in translating the entire
production of this opera into a version
acceptable in China. The nuances of lighting
decisions were, for just one example, as
fascinating to follow as anything in the plot
of Turandot. A wonder-full thing to watch and
listen to.

5/5 I LIKE THIS MOVIE
  by KILL BILL (NEW YORK,NY,USA)
I LOVE IT , I LIKE IT ,AS SAME AS MY GIRLFRIEND.

5/5 I DO NOT BELIEVE,THAT MOVIE HE MADE
  by chen shi yang (NEW YORK,NY,USA)
ZHANG YIMOU ONE OF THE BEST DIRECTOR IN THE WORLD,I WERE VERY SUPERISE FROM HIM.THIS MOVIE YOU MUST TO SEE.