Transactions with the World

<p> In their bold experimentation and bracing engagement with culture and politics the New Hollywood films of the late 1960s and early 1970s are justly celebrated contributions to American cinematic history. Relatively unexplored however has been the profound environmental sensibility that characterized movies such as <em>The Wild Bunch</em> <em>Chinatown</em> and <em>Nashville</em>. This brisk and engaging study explores how many hallmarks of New Hollywood filmmaking such as the increased reliance on location shooting and the rejection of American self-mythologizing made the era such a vividly grounded cinematic moment. Synthesizing a range of narrative aesthetic and ecocritical theories it offers a genuinely fresh perspective on one of the most studied periods in film history.</p>