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Article: And the ship sails on.
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- National Review
- Article date:
- April 20, 1984
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FEDERICO FELLINI'S And the Ship Sails On starts out as an Italian Zelig. For several minutes we see a silent film, presumably a 1914 documentary about the sailing of the huge liner Gloria N. on a special voyage to scatter the mortal ashes of the immortal opera diva Edmea Tetua near the island where she was born. Among the passengers are friends and admirers, prominent figures from the worlds of politics (an Austrian duke and his retinue), music, and international society. Also a journalist, Orlando, covering the story, a movie cameraman, and a rhinoceros bound for the Amsterdam zoo, whose presence makes no sense, but, then, what does? A vast ocean liner hired as a cruise ...