4x22 Elegy, Элегия Опции

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Сценарий: Джон Шибан
Режиссер: Джеймс Чарльстон
Первый показ в США: 4 мая 1997

Название "Элегия" - особый стихотворный жанр, "плач по умершему", известен со времен Древнего Рима.
У этого эпизода было еще два рабочих названия:
"Tulpa" - в тибетской мистической практике это слово обозначает призрачное проявление мысленной формы, произведенной разумом.
"Revenant" - означает "возвращение после смерти".
Сцены в сумасшедшем доме сильно напоминают "Пролетая над гнездом кукушки" - это неудивительно, притом, что один из "психов", появившийся в эпизоде, играл и в знаменитом фильме.

Для Джиллиан "Элегия" была сложным, в том числе и в эмоциональном плане, эпизодом. "There were some very good, very real transactions between Mulder and Scully," говорила Джиллиан.
Для Дэвида серия запомнилась по другим причинам, он говорил, что осознал, сколько ему на самом деле лет. Что после сцен в боулинге он был истощен, а когда ты понимаешь, что истощен от боулинга, пора задуматься о жизни и к чему она идет.

Как говорил один из создателей: "Малдер и Скалли в финальной сцене вместе просто потрясающи, то, как они стараются сказать друг другу, что они чувствуют на самом деле, не говоря друг другу о чувствах. Мы не видим фактически, как Малдер разваливается на части, но я считаю, что он это сделает, но будучи один. Скалли не так повезло, так как мы видим ее медленный упадок сил, будучи одной в своей машине. Потом она видит призрак Гарольда в зеркале заднего вида, и она не может отрицать этого больше. Она *НЕ* в порядке, как она неоднократно настаивала в этом эпизоде. Реальность бьет, когда как Скалли, так и зрители вдруг вынуждены столкнуться с вопросом о своей смертности, да, определенно это выглядело так, что Скалли умирает."

Идея у Шибана родилась из одной истории. Когда он еще встречался со своей будущей женой, они пошли навестить ее отца в больнице, который умирал от рака легких, болезнь уже была на последней стадии, и он вот-вот должен был умереть. Когда они вошли, он долгое время не смотрел на них, затем посмотрел на свою дочь и спросил: "Сколько людей в комнате?", она ответила: "Двое", он снова отвернулся и тихо произнес: "Хорошо".
И эта мысль, что умирающие люди могут видеть кого-то, кого мы видеть не можем, прочно засела у Шибана в голове.
И когда он рассказал эту идею Картеру, тот ответил, что этот сюжет идеален для Скалли.

Перевод и материалы взяты с http://greentree.spybb.ru/viewtopic.php?id=272 и http://cleigh6.tripod.com/CTP/CTP-elegy.html и моих архивов

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-- "Haunted Bowling Alley." That was all that was written on the index card that clung tenaciously to story editor John Shiban's bulletin board for an entire year. "It just seemed right, somehow," said Shiban of his cryptic story idea. It blossomed into a full-blown story line only after the filming of "Memento Mori," the episode in which Scully's battle with cancer is established.

-- The episode's obvious fascination with the retro-tech world of bowling and mechanical pinspotting can be traced back to John R. Shiban, the writer's father. Mr. Shiban had worked in a bowling alley as a young man and had regaled his son with tales of that experience. The part of "Angie's Midnight Bowl" was played by the Thunderbird Bowling Center, a venerable North Vancouver fun spot staked out by locations manager Louisa Gradnitzer and rented for several days of filming. Cast and crew were under strict instructions to preserve the bowling surfaces; all those who arrived too late to grab an empty pair of bowling shoes were required to shuffle along with paper booties on their feet.

-- The other main story element -- the mentally disabled and institutionalized character Harold Spuller -- was inspired by Shiban's love for the 1975 movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. In fact, Chuck Forsch, Harold's friend and roommate, was played by Sydney Lassick, the actor who portrayed Jack Nicholson's "challenged" sidekick Cheswick in the movie. Lassick passed away in 2003. Not at all coincidentally, Chuck Forsch was also the name of Chris Carter's L.A.-based assistant.

-- Steven M. Porter, the experienced (and totally nondisabled) character actor who played Harold Spuller, was invited to audition for The X-Files by an old college friend from UCLA, Frank Spotnitz. A member of the well-known Actor's Gang theater troupe, he had previously played a part similar to Spuller in one of the troupe's productions, an original play called Asylum.

-- Porter remembered pulling out all the stops when he read for Chris Carter. "After I left the room I thought, I've either made a great impression or a complete fool of myself." Many of the gestures and tics Porter used in the episode were products of his research, in several mental hospitals and adult group homes, for Asylum. In fact, he said, a certain flapping-hand movement became so vital to his portrayal of Harold that he kept doing it even when looping some dialogue in the recording studio after filming had wrapped.

-- Jim Charleston who directed this episode also directed "Avatar," "Teliko," and "Synchrony."

-- Nitpick: The scene of the written scorecards on the wall was very creepy, but the bowling alley had automatic scoring screens, so there would have been no need to keep score on paper.

-- Oopsie! In the scene where Harold recites the bowling scores, the scores for Fred Graham are 17 42 67 88 107 122 131 166 178 201. No wonder the guy bowled a 200 game since his score jumped from 131 to 166; in bowling, you can't score more than 30 pins in one frame.

-- For David Duchovny, "Elegy" was memorable for a different reason. "I realized how old I am," he deadpanned. "The day after we did the bowling scenes, I was sore. And when you get sore from bowling, it's time to start thinking about your life and where it's going."

-- In truth, Duchovny bowled several "friendly" games with the episode's director Jim Charleston between camera set-ups. A few months after the episode was filmed, while being interviewed for the Season 4 Episode Guide, Charleston still had the games with Duchovny on his mind. "Tell him that he still owes me $80," Charleston said; to which Duchovny replied, "That's $80 Canadian. I owe him a lot less than he thinks."

-- This was the second time Scully asked for counseling related to her job; the first time was with the same therapist, Karen Kosseff, in "Irresistible." Christine Willes played Kosseff in both "Irrisistible" and "Elegy," as well as in "The Calusari." Willes appears in the new Nicholas Cage film, The Wicker Man.

-- One of the victims Mulder asks Harold about is a woman named Risa Shapiro, which is the name of David Duchovny's agent.

-- Dr. Martin Alpert is named for John Shiban's physician.

-- Once & Future Retreads: In addition to Christine Willes, Alex Bruhanski (Angelo Pintero) played Dr. Bugger in "War of the Coprophages." Lorena Gale, who played Harold's lawyer, played Ellen Bledsoe in "Shadows" and Nurse Wilkins in "One Breath." Michael Puttonen (Martin Alpert) was the Motel Manager in "Deep Throat," Dr. Pilsson in "Sleepless," and the Conductor in "731." Ken Tremblett (Uniformed Officer) was Dyer in "Darkness Falls." Three actors in uncredited roles were also once and future retreads: Gerry Nairn played Sgt. Conner and also appeared in "Red Museum"; Carolyn Tweedle played one of the day room patients and was also Jane Froelich in "Chinga"; and Kate Braidwood also played one of the day room patients and appeared as the Usherette in "The Pine Bluff Variant." Braidwood is the daughter of Tom Braidwood, first assistant director as well as Melvin Frohike.

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