The Turandot Project

The Turandot Project is a 2000 documentary film by Allan Miller. The film premiered at the 2000 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

The Turandot Project
Directed byAllan Miller
Produced byMargaret Smilov
StarringZubin Mehta
Zhang Yimou
Distributed byZeitgeist Films[1]
Release date
  • September 2000 (2000-09) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • August 10, 2001 (2001-08-10)
Running time
87 minutes
Box office$81,385[2]

Plot

The film showcases how Giacomo Puccini's opera Turandot was created and produced outside of Italy in the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

Cast

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 77% based on 30 critics, with an average rating of 7/10.[4] On Metacritic, The Turandot Project has an above average score of 65 out of a 100 based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]

A. O. Scott of The New York Times said that "The sheer scale of the production, and the size of the venue, make the film interesting to watch".[6]

Dennis Harvey of Variety called it "A terrifically engaging portrait of an elephantine cross-cultural endeavor".[7]

References
  1. Turan, Kenneth (September 14, 2001). "This Was an Opera Unto Itself". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  2. "The Turandot Project (2001)". The Numbers. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  3. Aufderheide, Patricia (November 1, 2000). "Frame Canada! Toronto International Film Festival". Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  4. "The Turandot Project (2000)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  5. "The Turandot Project (2001)". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  6. Scott, A. O. (August 10, 2001). "Film Review: An Italian China Meets a Chinese China". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  7. Harvey, Dennis (September 26, 2001). "The Turandot Project". Variety.


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