{"id":75335,"date":"2021-08-28T15:34:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-28T22:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=75335"},"modified":"2021-08-28T15:34:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-28T22:34:18","slug":"ship-of-fools-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=75335","title":{"rendered":"Ship of Fools (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s prejudice everywhere; it does no good to give it back.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Poster-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-75336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Poster-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Poster-674x1024.png 674w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Poster.png 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nOn a passenger ship travelling from Mexico to Germany in 1933 &#8212; with hundreds of displaced workers packed into steerage &#8212; numerous dramas unfold on the main deck: the ship&#8217;s doctor (Oskar Werner) falls for a drug-addicted Cuban countess (Simone Signoret) who is being sent to a Spanish prison; an artist (George Segal) and his upper-class girlfriend (Elizabeth Ashley) wonder if their relationship will last; an anti-semitic businessman (Jose Ferrer) praises the rise of fascism while a dwarf (Michael Dunn) and a Jew (Heinz Ruehmann) sit at a separate dining table; an aging beauty (Vivien Leigh) laments her stage of life; and a former baseball player (Lee Marvin) with a drinking problem can&#8217;t stop talking about his failures.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Sea<\/li>\n<li>George Segal Films<\/li>\n<li>Jose Ferrer Films<\/li>\n<li>Lee Marvin Films<\/li>\n<li>Simone Signoret Films<\/li>\n<li>Stanley Kramer Films <\/li>\n<li>Vivien Leigh Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nStanley Kramer directed this adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ship_of_Fools_(Porter_novel)\">Katherine Anne Porter&#8217;s 1962 allegorical novel<\/a> about a group of disparate individuals seeking elusive happiness prior to the second World War. It&#8217;s notable for featuring Vivien Leigh in her final performance, though her role is minimal:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-1024x770.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"481\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-75338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh.png 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More front-and-center is the shipboard romance between Signoret and Werner, which is both believable and absorbing: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Romance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Romance-1024x763.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-75410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Romance-1024x763.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Romance-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Romance-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Romance-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Romance-362x270.png 362w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Romance.png 1373w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, numerous other sub-plots litter the screenplay, ranging from annoying (i.e., Ashley and Segal&#8217;s &#8220;tortured&#8221; romance): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ashley-Segal.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ashley-Segal-1024x761.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-75412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ashley-Segal-1024x761.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ashley-Segal-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ashley-Segal-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ashley-Segal-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ashley-Segal-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ashley-Segal.png 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; to racist (nearly all darker-skinned characters are portrayed as prostitutes or unwashed masses):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Luna.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Luna-1024x752.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"470\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-75413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Luna-1024x752.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Luna-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Luna-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Luna-768x564.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Luna-367x270.png 367w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Luna.png 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; to insufficiently built out (i.e., Marvin&#8217;s troubled past):  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Marvin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Marvin-1024x762.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-75340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Marvin-1024x762.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Marvin-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Marvin-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Marvin-768x572.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Marvin-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Marvin.png 1377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdsavant.com\/s1017fool.html\">DVD Savant describes this film in his review<\/a>, &#8220;very little happens besides talk. Most of the actors state their woes in position speeches and many scene-pairings amount to little.&#8221; Of minor interest is the role played by Ruehmann, who is given some of the film&#8217;s most hopeful lines: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ruehmann.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ruehmann-1024x766.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-75416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ruehmann-1024x766.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ruehmann-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ruehmann-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ruehmann-768x575.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ruehmann-361x270.png 361w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Ruehmann.png 1367w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but overall the film is a disappointment. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Oskar Werner as Dr. Schumann<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Werner.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Werner-1024x771.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"482\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-75339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Werner-1024x771.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Werner-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Werner-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Werner-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Werner-359x270.png 359w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Werner.png 1369w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>\t<\/li>\n<li>Simone Signoret as La Condesa<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Signoret.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Signoret-1024x772.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"483\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-75337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Signoret-1024x772.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Signoret-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Signoret-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Signoret-768x579.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Signoret-358x270.png 358w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Signoret.png 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ernest Laszlo&#8217;s Oscar-winning cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-Marvin-Pig.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-Marvin-Pig-1024x757.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"473\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-75414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-Marvin-Pig-1024x757.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-Marvin-Pig-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-Marvin-Pig-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-Marvin-Pig-768x568.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-Marvin-Pig-365x270.png 365w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Ship-of-Fools-Leigh-Marvin-Pig.png 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it may be worth a one-time look simply for Werner and Signoret&#8217;s performances. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059712\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1965\/08\/01\/archives\/love-aboard-a-ship-of-fools.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/ship-of-fools\/review\/2030283863\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dvdsavant.com\/s1017fool.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/27532\/ship-of-fools#articles-reviews?articleId=29945\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s prejudice everywhere; it does no good to give it back.&#8221; Synopsis: On a passenger ship travelling from Mexico to Germany in 1933 &#8212; with hundreds of displaced workers packed into steerage &#8212; numerous dramas unfold on the main deck: the ship&#8217;s doctor (Oskar Werner) falls for a drug-addicted Cuban countess (Simone Signoret) who is being sent to a Spanish prison; an artist (George Segal) and his upper-class girlfriend (Elizabeth Ashley) wonder if their relationship will last; an anti-semitic businessman&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=75335\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75335"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75419,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75335\/revisions\/75419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}