Intertextuality

Intertextuality is a term to describe the visual referencing between films. Quite literally, films borrow from each other, and you, the audience, may recognise certain camera angles, aspects of mis en scene, snippets of sound or methods of editing in some films that you have seen in others. The movies 'What lies beneath' and 'Fatel attraction' both borrow from the movie 'Psycho'.

Images from the film 'Psycho'

 

From 'What lies beneath' we can see some similarities such as the white bath tub,white shower curtain, white tiles, white bath robe, female victim, sound of the shower running, same shower rose, same sound from string instrument like a violin.