Transactions with the world : : ecocriticism and the environmental sensibility of new Hollywood / / by Adam O'Brien.
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 tha...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Berghahn Books,, 2016. [New York, NY] : : [Berghahn Books],, 2020. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvii, 212 pages) :; illustrations (black and white); digital file(s). |
| Notes: | "Open access ebook edition published in 2019" -- title page verso. |
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| Summary: | 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 The Wild Bunch, Chinatown, and Nashville. 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. |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781789204681 1789204682 9781785330018 1785330012 9781785330001 1785330004 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | by Adam O'Brien. |