Review of And the Ship Sails On (1983) by Davey M — 21 Jul 2009

Beautiful. One could read it as a commentary on the destruction of the aristocracy, but there's a lot more to this late-period Fellini than that--there's humor (both gentle and sad, sometimes both, and almost always absurd), an easy sense of pacing, a very palpable sense of bittersweet nostalgia, philosophizing, and enough lyrical imagery and mini-dramas to fill a half dozen or so movies.

Though there are many ideas one can get out of "And the Ship Sails On," this is the sort of movie that would be utterly ruined by trying to intellectualize it. It's an experience, like music (it's very musical),.