Bathing in Genre: Homage and Experimentation in Parish Malfitano's 'Bloodshot Heart'

The influence of giallo filmmaking is evident in Parish Malfitano's striking, enigmatic indie feature debut about an Italo-Australian driving instructor's slide into disoriented obsession. But, as Dave Crewe argues, the film's aesthetic and thematic agendas – the latter taking in such diverse territory as gender identity, sexual fantasy and the Australian migrant experience – are far more complicated than any one genre label might suggest.

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