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 | | "One could scarcely imagine a more energizing or enlightening introduction to Wagner's "Der Ring des Nibelungen" than Jon Else's documentary. Else's master stroke is to encourage the stage hands to tell the story in their own plainspoken fashion. Else's camera and expert editing depict a world that teeters on the brink of chaos."
- Allan Ulrich, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"In the jargon of the critical profession, this is what is known as a scream...a wonderfully raucous idea with inspired editing."
- Irv Letofsky, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
"Sing Faster" is Jon Else's always amusing and entertaining backstage peak at the San Francisco Opera."
- Kenneth Turan, LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Jon Else gives us a glimpse of the opera's unsung heroes - stagehands - with his fascinating and often comic film. A must for anyone who ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of lavish productions."
- S.F. WEEKLY
"Richard Wagner's "Ring" cycle is no laughing matter - but filmmaker Jon Else has made it so."
- Leslie Katz, OAKLAND TRIBUNE
"Taking the earthiest possible slant on the most elevated (not to mention elephantine) artistic endeavor, director Jon Else trains focus on the regular-guy crew of union stagehands."
- Dennis Harvey, VARIETY
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