research into intertextuality

Intertextuality is the visual referencing between films. in a way its like film films borrow from each other of which the audience will recognise through certain camera angles, aspects of mise en scene, snippets of sound or methods of editing in some films that you have seen in others.

The film 'Fatal Attraction' borrows some aspects of the film 'Psycho' such as:

As you can see, both film are film in the bathroom which 'Fatal attraction' has taken from 'Psycho'

'Fatal Attraction' also takes the idea of the shower curtain getting torn from 'Psycho' to make it more dramatic.