On the Criterion edition that I watched most recently, there seemed to be some sort of jump cut from the characters waving at the ship, to a quick shot of ... (dark waters), to the next sequence. Maybe my memory misleads me but for some reason I remember that the ship goes down in a blaze. Can someone help clarify this sequence for me.
I don't have a Criterion edition DVD, but there is no blazing ship.
shareI think the "the ship goes down in a blaze" your'e referring to is in a later Fellini film called "And The Ship Sails On". It's possible your memories are just crossing on the two films.
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There is such a quick shot, but I'm not sure exactly what happens in it.
shareIt's a quick shot indeed, and what "bothers" me about it is that the water doesn't look like real water to me.
shareI thought that shot was very strange too......and the 'sea' appears to be black polythene sheeting or something similar.
shareGood point about the water, but I think that the fake water was deliberate. The film's perspective is filtered through the lens of time and age. It is Fellini's sentimental recollections of the past, and are not meant to be seen as realistic.
shareYeah, but unrealistic in this case would mean that the sea would be uncharacteristically blue or dark or something. I think the fake water is probably just the filmmakers being funny, that's all.
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It's a quick shot indeed, and what "bothers" me about it is that the water doesn't look like real water to me. by - ccscd212 on Fri Jul 21 2006 14:22:59
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oh for the love of...
It's not supposed to look real you dope. Go rent an Adam Sandler movie.
The ship was called "Rex", it actually existed and was a luxory liner. It was sunk during the second world war near the Croatian coast. But I don't thik that's wery relevant fot the movie. I cannot recall any odd shots of dark waters or so.
shareNo there is no blazing ship. The cut is to the tremendous wake caused by the ship passing and of course all of the townspeople get tossed about by the wake. This like so many other images and episodes hints at the foolish naive acceptance of Fascism and its unexpected results.
BTW, the original Criterion edition is a very poor transfer and the video gain is up much too high on it. Also, it doesn't play properly on some dvd players. Criterion just released a new edition of it in 2007. Hopefully they corrected the transfer problems.
I just finished watching the film, and there is a very quick scene (in fact, it fades slowly as soon as it starts) of rocking dark waters that are clearly fake stage waters, perhaps made of plastic. I think this is just another stylistic decision on Fellini's part to recreate a memory as over-glamorized and almost cartoonish. The ship itself, in fact, is two dimensional, like a stage prop.
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