by Lucy May 18,2025
La adaptación de Stanley Kubrick en 1980 de "The Shining" es reconocida por su inquietante escena final, con una fotografía escalofriante de la pelota del 421 de julio del Hotel Overlook, que exhibe prominentemente a Jack Torrance (interpretado por Jack Nicholson) amide una multitud, a pesar de no haber nacido a la hora. Esta imagen icónica se creó superponiendo a Nicholson en una fotografía real, que se había desvanecido en la oscuridad hasta hace poco. Ahora, 45 años después del lanzamiento de la película, la fotografía original de 1921 ha sido redescubierta.
Académico jubilado Alasdair Spark de la Universidad de Winchester compartió el viaje de descubrir esta imagen en el Instagram de Getty. Explicó: "Después de la identificación anterior por el software de reconocimiento facial del hombre desconocido en la fotografía al final de The Shining como Santos Casani, un bailarín de salón de baile de Londres, puedo revelar que la foto fue una de las tres tomadas por la agencia de prensa de San Valentín, 14 de febrero de 1921, en el Empress Rooms, el Royal Palace Hotel, Kensington". La publicación también mostró un nuevo escaneo de la placa de vidrio original negativa y otros documentos de respaldo.
Spark, junto con el empleado del New York Times, Arick Toller y los dedicados Redditors, se embarcaron en una extensa búsqueda para encontrar la imagen. "Estaba empezando a parecer imposible, cada referencia cruzada con Casani no pudo igualar. Otros lugares probables que se sugirieron no coincidieron", señaló Spark. El temor era que la foto pudiera perderse para siempre, pero la perseverancia valió la pena.
El historiador detalló además que había sido informado por el fotógrafo en el set Murray Close, quien capturó la imagen de Nicholson utilizada en la película, que la foto original vino de la Biblioteca BBC Hulton. Sabiendo que Hulton había adquirido Topical Press en 1958 y que Getty más tarde se hizo cargo en 1991, Spark decidió examinar los extensos archivos de Getty. Esto llevó al descubrimiento de que la imagen tenía licencia a Hawk Films, la compañía de producción de Kubrick, el 10 de octubre de 1978, para su uso en "The Shining". Spark concluyó: "Joan Smith había dicho que la foto fechada desde 1923. Stanley Kubrick había dicho 1921 y tenía razón. La foto no muestra a ninguna de las celebridades sobre las que había especulado, las hermanas Trix, por ejemplo, ni los banqueros, los financieros o los presidentes de otros como Rob Ageer han imaginado allí. Ningún vador de diablo. "Todas las mejores personas", como dijo el gerente del Hotel Overlook ".Este redescubrimiento debería deleitar a los fanáticos de "The Shining". La novela de Stephen King fue lanzada en 1977 y se ha adaptado dos veces: la película icónica de Kubrick y la miniserie de Mick Garris en 1997, que se mantuvo más verdadera del libro.
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