'Yan kwanaki bayan ta yi fim ɗin ninkaya a cikin ruwa ba tare da tufafi ba don wasan barkwanci na 1962 Something's Got to Give, Marilyn Monroe ta shiga motarta ta T-Bird baƙar fata ta tuka mai daukar hotonta, Lawrence Schiller, zuwa kantin magani na Schwab's a kan titin Sunset. Schiller ya kawo hotunansa, a shirye don a mayar da su hotuna. Monroe tana da almakashi a cikin jakarta. A ƙarƙashin fitilun titi na shahararren wurin taron Hollywood, ta fara yanke fim ɗin mai launi gunduwa-gunduwa.
"Ziiiiiip — waɗanda ba ta so," in ji Schiller, yana yin sautin. "Ziiiiiip." Ta lalata su? "Eh, amma hakan ya zo da yankin," in ji shi yana dariya, yanzu yana da shekaru 89, mai daukar hoto na ƙarshe da ya rage na Monroe. Ya tuna da kansa yana ɗan shekara 25 yana sunkuya don ɗaukar tarkacen yana tunani: "To, da na kashe wancan ma." A gaskiya, yana magana game da gyaran da ta yi ba tare da wani abu ba face yabo: "Babu hoton da ta lalata da zan buga."
"Wannan ita ce dangantakarmu: Zan iya yin wasa — kuma tana iya mayar da wasa wanda ya fi zafi da huda."
Bayan watanni biyu, Monroe ta mutu daga yawan shan magani. A cikin shekaru sittin da suka wuce, wannan sigar Monroe — wadda ta yanke hotuna — sau da yawa an yi watsi da ita a kan tatsuniya: abin da ake kira "mai rikici" mai farin gashi mai fashewa wadda ta yi fama da sarrafa kanta kuma wasu suna canza ta har abada.
Amma kamar yadda Rosie Broadley, mai kula da nunin Monroe da ke buɗewa a National Portrait Gallery a London, ta rubuta a cikin kundin: "Monroe ba kawai ta yi wasa ba, amma ta kuma jagoranci kuma ta yi ikon kin amincewa da duk wani hoton da ba ta so." Richard Avedon, Milton Greene, da Bert Stern sun riƙe kyamara, amma Monroe ta taimaka wajen jagorantar ta.
Wannan ra'ayi yana cikin zuciyar nunin National Portrait Gallery, wanda aka tsara don cikar shekaru 100 da haihuwar Monroe a farkon wannan wata. Yana gabatar da tauraruwar ba a matsayin mai kallo kawai ba, amma a matsayin mai ƙirƙirar hotonta da kanta. Duk da labarai, Monroe na iya zama mai rauni, amma kuma tana iya zama mai ƙarfi da ƙuduri. Ta "nuna kuzarinta da kyau," in ji Broadley, har "sau da yawa ya saba" da gaskiyar rayuwarta da gwagwarmayar da take yi lokacin da kyamarar ba ta kunne.
Schiller ya tuna da harbin tafkin a watan Mayu 1962, lokacin da Monroe ta yi tsalle cikin ruwa kuma, ba tare da bin umarnin darekta George Cukor ba, ta yi iyo zuwa inda haske ya fi kyau. A cikin hoto ɗaya, ta ɗaga ƙafarta daga ruwa ta rataya a gefen tafkin, kamar wata aljana mai kyalli. A wani, ta sauke tawul ɗinta kawai don nuna ƙaramin bayanta — mai santsi kamar cello, kamar tana jiran a buga ta.
Kafin harbin, Schiller ya tuna Monroe ta tambaye shi: "Me zai faru idan na yi tsalle cikin tafkin da rigar ninkaya ta, kamar yadda suke faɗa, amma na fito ba tare da komai ba?" Ya amsa: "Kin riga kin zama mace mai shahara. Amma idan na ɗauki waɗannan hotuna, za ka sa ni shahara." Monroe ta mayar: "Kada ka yi girman kai, Larry. Zan iya korar ka cikin daƙiƙa biyu." Ya yi dariya. "Wannan ita ce dangantakar da nake da ita: Zan iya yin wasa — kuma tana iya mayar da wasa wanda ya fi zafi da huda, tare da ma'ana mai yawa. Kuma dole ne ka fahimci ma'anar Marilyn."
Wannan ra'ayi ya sake bayyana daga Eve Arnold, wani mai daukar hoton Monroe. Ta kwatanta tauraruwar da mace mai neman asalinta da ya ɓace, tare da mai daukar hoto yana ba ta abin da take rasa. Wannan lura yana da gaskiya musamman idan ka kalli hotunan Schiller masu kyalli na tana ninkaya tsirara a cikin hasken wata, suna nuna farin ciki wanda ya ɓoye abin da ke faruwa a rayuwarta. Monroe ta kasance 'yantacciya. A wannan kaka, shekara guda bayan kisan aurenta da marubucin wasan kwaikwayo Arthur Miller, ta kasance tana fama da tiyatar mahaifa da gallbladder, zama mai ban tsoro a asibitin tabin hankali, da kuma dogaro da barasa da magunguna.
"Tana zuwa aiki, amma tana zuwa a makare," in ji Schiller. "Studio ɗin ya ce yana kashe su miliyoyin, yayin da suke kashe miliyoyin a kan Cleopatra." Wannan ya kawo wani ɓangare na labarin Monroe a lokacin: Elizabeth Taylor, al'amarta mai taken labarai da Richard Burton, da "bala'i" na dala miliyan 44 da suka yi, wanda ya kusan lalata Twentieth Century Fox bayan shekara guda. "Abin da ke cikin zuciyarta," in ji Schiller, "shi ne: idan na yi wannan harbin ta wata hanya, zan kasance a kan murfin kowace mujalla a duniya—kuma Liz Taylor ba za ta kasance ba."
Bayan gasa, hotunan ninkayarta tsirara na iya zama wani ɓangare na abin da Arnold ta kira hoton "mayar da ita kanta." Ba wai kawai game da cin gaba da wani ba ne; wani yunƙuri ne mai rikitarwa na dawo da wani abu—kuma tana da shekaru 36, wannan yana nufin dawo da abubuwan da suka gabata kamar kowane abu.
"Ba na ganin kaina a matsayin abin ciniki, amma na tabbata mutane da yawa sun yi," in ji Monroe a cikin hirarta ta ƙarshe, 'yan watanni bayan wannan harbin tafkin. Wannan ya tuna mini da tattaunawar da na yi da mai daukar hoto Douglas Kirkland a 2015. Ya tuna da wata maraice a 1961 lokacin da ya dauki hoton Monroe tsirara a kan gado. Ta wasu hanyoyi, in ji shi, yana tunanin tana jin daɗin yin hotuna kamar yin fina-finai. "Me ya sa?" ya tambaya. "Domin tana iya rubuta rubutun yayin da take tafiya. Tana iya sa abubuwa su faru. Ban gaya mata ba, 'Juya wannan hanya, juya waccan hanya, yi wannan, yi wancan.' Ta yi da kanta. Wannan ita ce Marilyn."
Wannan ya sake bayyana abin da National Portrait Gallery ta kira "ikon ƙirƙira" na Monroe a wajen injin studio, wanda ya gaya mata irin rawar da za ta taka, yadda za ta kalli, da kuma inda za ta tsaya. Schiller ya yarda. "Ba na tsammanin wani mai daukar hoto ya kama Marilyn, domin abin da suka kama shi ne abin da Marilyn take so su kama. Tana son ta zama fantsama a cikin ruwa tare da ni. Tana son ta zama mafarki a tsakiyar dare tare da Cecil Beaton. Taƙaice: ita ce ke sarrafa kyamara."
Amma nesa da kyamara, duk da haka, wani labari ne daban. A watan Yuni, 'yan kwanaki bayan Schiller ya dauki hotonta tana murmushi mai haske tare da kek ɗin ranar haihuwarta na 36, an sami Monroe a cikin yanayin baƙin ciki bayan ta sha magunguna da yawa. Bayan kwana biyar, Twentieth Century Fox ta kore ta saboda rashin zuwa akai-akai kuma ta kai karar ta $750,000 don "keta kwangila." Fim ɗin Something's Got to Give, game da mace da ta dawo bayan ta ɓace a teku, bai ƙare ba.
Ina magana da Schiller, ina jin yana taka tsantsan don kada ya wuce gona da iri game da lokacin da ya yi tare da tauraruwar kusa da mutuwarta. "A gaban ruwan tabarau," in ji shi, "ta kasance wani abu da zan kama." Duk da haka yana cewa akwai wani abu mai nisa, mai rauni, da wuya a gane. "Ta kasance kamar barewa a cikin daji. Kana so ka kama ta kafin wani ya harbe ta. Kana so ka samu da rai kafin ta daina wanzuwa." Ya ji haka a lokacin harbinsu na ƙarshe. "Kana so ka dauki hotonta kafin wani bala'i ya sake shiga rayuwarta."
Ranar da Monroe ta mutu, a ranar 4 ga Agusta, 1962, Schiller ya ziyarci gidanta a unguwar Brentwood na Los Angeles. Tana "kawai a waje tare da furanni," in ji shi, kuma sun yi magana game da yiwuwar murfin Playboy. "Sai da ƙarfe biyar..." Da safe, wani aboki ya kira ya gaya mini Marilyn ta mutu. Na yi tunanin wasa ne. Amma ba haka ba. "Na shiga mota da misalin ƙarfe 7 na safe na koma. A lokacin, kafofin watsa labarai sun kewaye gidan, gilashin tagar ɗakin kwananta ya karye, kuma suna fitar da gawarta, an rufe ta a kan shimfiɗa."
Mutuwa ce mai ban tausayi, in ji Schiller—kuma wadda ya ji dole ya shaida. "Daukar hoto wani ɓangare ne na rayuwata," in ji shi yana tunani. Kuma da alama wannan mace ma ta kasance. Har yanzu tana nan. "Marilyn Monroe ta shigo rayuwata a 1960," in ji shi a cikin littafinsa na 2021 Marilyn & Me, "kuma har yanzu tana raye, tana numfashi, tana da ban mamaki." Sihirinta bai ɓace ba. Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait yana a National Portrait Gallery a London daga Yuni 4 zuwa Satumba 6. Lawrence Schiller's Marilyn & Me an buga shi ta Taschen.
Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa
Ga jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da daukar hoton ƙarshe na Marilyn Monroe, suna mai da hankali kan ƙarfin ra'ayin tsiraici da kuma ƙin bin ka'idodin Hollywood
Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko
1. Shin Marilyn Monroe ta bayyana tsirara da gaske don daukar hotonta na ƙarshe?
A'a, ba gaba ɗaya ba. Ta yi hotunan tsirara ga mai daukar hoto Bert Stern don Vogue a 1962, 'yan makonni kafin ta mutu. Hotunan sun shahara saboda yanayinsu na kusa, mai rauni, da kuma nuna ƙarfin hali.
2. Me ya sa ta yarda ta sake yin hotunan tsirara? Tana da shahara sosai?
Ta so ta mallaki hotonta. Bayan shekaru da yawa da studio ɗin ke tsara ta, ta so ta tabbatar cewa ita mai fasaha ce mai mahimmanci. An yi harbin don nuna ta a matsayin danyen, mai ƙarfi, kuma mara nadama—ba kawai alamar jima'i ba, amma mace mai iko.
3. Shin mutane ba su yi fushi ko jin haushi game da wannan ba?
Wasu sun yi, amma Marilyn ta yi amfani da kafofin watsa labarai da wayo. Ta yi hotunan, sannan daga baya ta ba da hira mai shahara inda ta ce "Idan na bayyana ba tare da komai ba," tana mai da abin kunya zuwa bayanin ƙarfin hali. An buga hotunan bayan mutuwarta, amma ra'ayin harbin ya kasance zaɓinta mai ƙarfin hali.
4. Menene ainihin abin da ya sa ya zama ƙin bin ka'ida?
A lokacin, ana sa ran 'yan wasan kwaikwayo su kasance masu ladabi, masu kunya, da mata masu ladabi a bainar jama'a. Ta hanyar cire tufafi, Marilyn tana cewa "Ba na ɓoye, ba na jin kunyar jikina ko burina." Wannan ya kasance ƙin yarda ga mazan da ke sarrafa rayuwarta.
Tambayoyi na Matakin Tsaka-tsaki
5. Shin ta ba da mamaki ga mai daukar hoto ta hanyar bayyana tsirara?
A'a, wannan tatsuniya ce. An shirya harbin. Layin "bayyana ba tare da komai ba" wata magana ce mai wayo da ta yi wa wani mai rahoto don bayyana ƙarfin halinta. Ta san abin da take yi.
6. Yaya wannan harbin ya canza yadda mutane ke kallon Marilyn Monroe?
Ya canza gadonta daga "dumb blonde" zuwa mai fasaha mai rikitarwa da baƙin ciki. Hotunan suna da danyen—kana iya ganin gajiyarta, hankalinta, da rauninta. Sun sanya ta zama mutum. Yau ana nazarin su a matsayin aikin mata na dawo da jikinta da labarinta.
