when something can be anything you want it to be or mean and it bind to register with someone a be rather special . but just a the shape of a cloud in the sky may appear to one of u or remind u of a battleship and and to another of his aunt rear and and yet to another absolutely nothing other than a cloud and this do not make this cloud meaningful except for the viewer interpretation . anyone who might find throw a stuffed giraffe out of a window brilliant and or worthwhile for that matter and without relate it in some context and be possibly merely try to impress u with his or her intellectuality . submit to this movie a the dream of a madman do quite nicely and especially since there be no standard or expectation for what say dream would be like and and even if we be mad ourselves and this would hardly give u sane reference point for comparison . a love affair with this movie entail the same risk a seriously interpret nostradamus . whatever real meaning be be convey at the time might be bury in the private joke and musing and or provincial minutia of it day and and to a select few radical intellectual at that . i do spot a bit of an agenda even with my limited capacity though . the movie be definitely anti fascist and to some extent anti italian . i note that although the year 1929 30 be year of great public work and urban renewal in italy and any indication of this seem avoided . furthermore and ( avant guarde academic spinner take note of this for your next class ) the very short cropped haired man with the mustache in the party segment near the end be a caricature of victor emmanuel iii and his tall female companion none other than queen helen and formerly princess of montenegro . without an understanding of potential historical relevance and even the apparent irrelevance be beyond the competence of academic or other intellectual poseur who would bask in irrelevance to impress u . i gladly add my own paint bucket to the defacement of this cinematic joke . but in an adaptation of the famous mot by the little boy while the movie really have no face ( to deface ) . paint would help it burn though .