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Late in the production of The Shining, as the crew filmed on the Lobby set, a fire broke out on an adjacent sound stage. The fire quickly grew out of control, and by morning, the sound stages containing some of The Shining’s most massive sets: The Colorado Lounge, the Lobby, and the hallways containing the door to Room 237, were completely destroyed.
The next morning Stanley Kubrick surveyed the damage, and still photographer Murray Close caught this photo of Kubrick laughing in the face of disaster – surrounded by twisted girders and the smoldering wreckage of his sets.
(via bbook)
