Vince Gilligan wrote "Tithonus" in an attempt to create a story wherein immortality is portrayed as scary. The episode was based on three real aspects of history: Arthur Fellig, the Greek myth of Tithonus, and the yellow fever epidemic. In addition, several of the scenes were filmed on the sets from NYPD Blue, whose sets were located just across from The X-Files studios. Alfred Fellig has thematically been compared to the Tithonus in Alfred, Lord Tennyson's dramatic monologue of the same name. In addition, themes of immortality and escaping death were revisited in the eight season episode "The Gift".
x files season 6 ep 10 tithonus 12/08/2013
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This episode is very important to the creation of the project its one of my favourite episoes all about a man who cheated death by not looking at it in the eyes when it came for him over 100 years ago. since then he has been wandering the streets capturing death on camera trying to find it and dye himself as he is tired of living. The themes of immortality and escaping death are very interesting the way he dosent enjoy life any more.
for me driving round and documenting death seemed interesting its somthing not always done with road kill Clive lade did it with in his project familiar British wildlife but we didn't get to see the soundings like we do with in this episode it adds so much more to the story of the death
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