Review of The Picasso Summer

I remember seeing this film on TV and delighting in its simplicity and the movement that both the cinematographer and musical score contributed. It was a very poetic experience that had little to do with the content or specifics of the story. It was, however, a story of one man's passion for Picasso and his unfulfilled obsession. I have tried to find it on VHS or DVD to no avail. Albert Finney was a young, discontented man - married to a beautiful woman whose devotion was quite extraordinary. Together, they searched Paris, miss Picasso at every turn. The ironic twist that closed the curtain on this small film took place on a beach. Just as the lead character finally gives up his search, the camera pans to a man drawing in the sand with a stick. As the camera tilts, we find Picasso himself creating the most temporary form that art can take...drawings that will soon be washed away by the sea.