“I would like to have billboards placed on the cinema doors with the following wording: ‘There is nothing more than what you’ll see’. Or: ' Don’t make any efforts to see what is behind, or you’ll run the risk of not being able to see what is in front of you'. [...] The film is about a trip by ship to scatter the ashes of a famous singer of the Twenties. Some friends told me that is a terrible film, which has something threatening, while I believe instead it contains a sort of hidden joy. [...] In E la nave va I showed [...] the bewilderment pervading us more or less honestly, more or less artificially. Fearing the worst is a mood or a forewarning we have experienced for a long time and that apparently is not going to leave us. [...] I do not think that the rhino on board the “Gloria N.” liner has nothing to do with the monster appearing on the beach at the end of Dolce vita. A symbol is something you can't explain, as it goes beyond reason, as it contains irrational or mythical elements. Why am I forced to explain it? In any case, the rhino on the ship – in case it is has a meaning – has exactly the opposite meaning. The monster in La Dolce Vita mirrored the protagonist’s decay, while the rhino in E la nave va may be interpreted as follows: the only attempt we can make to prevent disaster may be retrieving the unconscious, our deep and healthy dimension. It is in this sense that we could explain the phrase "being fed by the rhino’s milk ". But it is always an awkward explanation, as it is odd to match the rhino and the monster of La dolce vita. Fantasy, if authentic, encompasses everything, and needs no explanations ".