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By Chris Snellgrove
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The X-Files Having the appearance of a fairly uneven TV, but most fans agree that the end of the season 1 of “Erlenmeyer flask” is a perfect demonstration of the potential of the series. This was also an episode who drove home how vulnerable our favorite characters are by deep killing, the mysterious informant who helped Fox Mulder with his attempt to discover the truth about foreign life. What most fans do not realize about this shocking death is that it is influenced by none other than Alfred Hitchcock, as a former X-Files Director RW Goodwin wanted the informant’s sudden death to be as surprised as Janet Leigh’s death Psycho.
How Alfred Hitchcock inspired the X-Files
Alfred Hitchcock scarred audiences decades before The X-Files Hit the sky, and some of his influence on the show (such as the episode “Triangle” is filmed in the director’s film style Rope) is relatively obvious. However, because the scene where Deep Thrat dies does not copy any of Hitchcock’s visual elements, it can be more difficult to detect the influence of the legendary director. Nevertheless, Director of the Goodwin Chapter Cinfantastic that I “I wanted him to be extremely shocking when he saw (scully) the deep neck shot… want that to be completely unexpected, like Hitchcock killed Janet Leigh’s Psycho. “
If you are still confusing why this makes great Alfred Hitchcock homage, then it’s time to take a hoe The X-Files and go to watch the classic horror movie Psycho. Entering that film, audiences had every reason to assume that Hollywood main star Janet Leigh played our main character. However, she is killed away relatively early in the film’s famous shower scene, and the combination of sudden violence and the death of someone who thought was the main character made this one of the most shocking scenes in cinematic history.
RW Goodwin is a big fan of Alfred Hitchcock and for this X-Files Season 1 finale, he wanted to emulate the shocking murder of Janet Leigh’s character. As with her Psycho character, X-Files Supporters had every reason to think the deep neck was “safe” because it had been a big character throughout the whole season. He killed him away (in this case, by having the crew cut a man shot) for the show for what the shower scene did Psycho: Let audiences know that nobody Safe.
Although Goodwin did not fully confirm this, it sounds like it was further inspired by the voyeuristic nature of Alfred Hitchcock’s shower scene because of scully. The Director of the chapter explained “I really felt it was important to have a real clear view” for Deep Thrat’s death, and decided that “Scully was the position.” Giving her a clear view of the murder of the informant repeats how Psycho Lets see Janet Leigh’s character through the eyes of her murderer, making her cruel murder much more shocking.
In short, Alfred Hitchcock thus walked The X-Files Running: The famous director could affect a number of episodes throughout the many seasons of this horrific show. It is arguable, however, that that influence was never more than “The Erlenmeyer Flask,” an episode where a favorite fan character is suddenly and cruel. This is the kind of scene that lets you feel dirty, but after learning about the influence of Hitchcock on this season 1 finale, we will not grab a shower at any time soon.
