‘Play it Again, Sam’ – intertextuality, authorship and expectations in The Bloody Olive

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Play it Again, sam' -intertextuality, authorship and expectations inThe Bloody Olive abstract Whether early literary adaptations or postmodern, pop culture stuffed millennium movies, cinema has continually showcased its penchant for intertextuality. Simultaneously, genre films have constructed a network of paradigms allowing discerning audiences to expect the previously unexpected. These interconnecting elements are prevalent, and toyed with, throughout short film noir pastiche The Bloody Olive. coNtributor detailsNathan Shaw completed his M.A. with a distinction in European Film Studies at Swansea University, after previously completing a B.A. in World Film Studies with a dissertation focused on the evolution of film noir. His M.A. dissertation focused on the emergence of a contemporary European cinema that exhibits physical suffering, torture and a related crisis in masculinity, as a means to transcendence. He is currently preparing his doctoral thesis.