Who knows, this time too the curse may have something to do with it redrumthe enigmatic room 237. A fire it actually broke out in the Timberline Lodge of Mount Hoodin Oregonthe structure used in 1980 by Stanley Kubrick for the filming of the horror masterpiece The Shining. The disturbing Overlook Hotel (this is the name in the film) served as the setting for the events of Jack Nicholson And Shelley Duvall in the film based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King.
The fire at the Timberline Lodge in Mount Hood, Oregon
The fire broke out on the evening of Thursday 18 April. As reported by SkyTg24the flames would have been generated by the burning ashes from one of the fireplaces of the structure.
The fire reached the attics and was contained only thanks to the intervention of 4 teams of firefighters locals.
Jack Nicholson and Stanley Kubrick on the set of The Shining
The hotel that inspired the Overlook Hotel in The Shining
Built entirely by hand and inaugurated In the 1937 by the then president Franklin Delano Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor, Timberline Lodge became a national monument in 1977.
Kubrick chose the hotel to shoot the exterior scenes of The Shining (1980), the 11th work in the filmography of an absolute genius of the seventh art. The interior of the film were shot in Elatere Studios of Hertfordshire in England.
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Stephen Kingauthor of the novel on which the film was based (despite the numerous changes in the staging), was instead inspired by another large hotel, the Stanley Hotel in Colorado.
The famous labyrinth within which Jack Torrance (Jack Nicholson) Meets His End was rebuilt by a crew at MGM Studios in Borehamwood.
The iconic location of Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece
L’Overlook Hotel it still remains one of the most popular locations today iconic and lovers of the history of cinema.
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“I wanted the hotel to pop authentic – Kubrick himself explained in an interview – rather than similar to those traditionally spooky hotels you see at the cinema. I thought that the labyrinthine arrangementand the hotel’s large rooms alone would have providedatmosphere Enough scary. It seemed to me that the perfect guide for this type of approach could be found in literary style of Kafka“.
Over the years, many theories and interpretations have been put forward to try to decipher the hidden meanings by the British filmmaker within the film. Among the most interesting analytical works, the documentary “Room 237“, from 2012.
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