The sadness of Antonioni

"The Sadness of Antonioni follows Hank Morelli, a young assistant professor of film obsessed with Antonioni's L'Avventura. As he embarks on an unlikely romance with a Wendy's cashier, he is also drawn into the mystery of his grandfather's underworld connections and tempted by his department chair and his department chair's mysterious girlfriend to take part in a monstrous film project they are planning. Haunted throughout by the terror of time's raw present without exit."--Page 2 of cover.