A group of friends go sailing and one disappears. The others start
searching for her. But it gradually becomes apparent that she won’t be found. So the friends return home one by one. Only the missing girl’s lover and her best friend remain.They have begun an affair. As the lovers come together the girl’s disappearance is all but forgotten. More than anything, Pablo’s Eye is a temporary atmosphere, like a taste or a dream...
From Michelangelo Antonioni — “Auteur of eerie angst”
(L’Avventura) by Richard Skinner from Vade Mecum Essays,
Reviews & Interviews (Zero books, 2015).