Book excerpt: "Murray Pomerance's close readings of selected Antonioni works offer surprising and rich insights at every turn. With a critical approach deeply informed by appropriate invocations of modern thinkers, writers, and artists, Pomerance situates the films in their cultural moment, even as his sharp, illuminating attention to detail and nuance expresses his admiration for the monumental accomplishments of one of postwar cinema's most engaging if enigmatic directors. Pomerance is unsurpassed as an appreciative guide to one of the masters of the medium." R. Barton Palmer, author of Hollywood's Tennessee: The Williams Films and Postwar America