Sing Faster: The Stagehands' Ring Cycle (Full Frame)

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A spirited and comical behind-the-scenes look at Richard Wagner's beloved "Ring Cycle," this award-winning film takes audiences inside one of the most spectacular and ambitious operas in history - through the point of view of the opera's unsung heroes, the union stagehands. Night after night at the San Francisco Opera a majestic universe of trolls, giants and magic mountains come alive before audiences. But when the stage dims, another spectacle unfolds as the highly-skilled stagehands maneuver 1000-pound set pieces in near darkness, with a meticulous choreography no less intricate than that of the opera's. While the mythical Valkyries on stage seem an improbable counterpart to the stagehands, at the heart of the film is a surprising connection between Wagner's Norse mythology and the sensibilities of these working people. And as the stage crew offers their own animated interpretation of the "Ring Cycle," this hilarious and ultimately moving film becomes a mediation on the most basic of human themes: love, greed, power, and redemption.

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