Australian writer-producer Tammy Burnstock has been fascinated by the world.s first and only .Smell-o-Vision. feature ever since she interviewed its director/cinematographer Jack Cardiff in 1986.
Now Burnstock is part of the team that aims to screen a restored version of Scent of Mystery, retitled Holiday in Spain, to cinema audiences around the world including Australia.
Released in 1960, the film starred Denholm Elliott as a mystery novelist who discovers a plan to murder an American heiress (Beverly Bentley) while on vacation in Spain. He enlists the help of a local taxi driver (Peter Lorre) to try to thwart the crime. The cast included Leo McKern, Diana Dors and Paul Lukas.
Cardiff and producer Mike Todd Jr. updated a system invented by a Swiss man, Dr. Hans Laube, which piped artificial scents through a network of tubes to the back of each seat in a theatre.
Laube first demonstrated his .Scentovision...
Now Burnstock is part of the team that aims to screen a restored version of Scent of Mystery, retitled Holiday in Spain, to cinema audiences around the world including Australia.
Released in 1960, the film starred Denholm Elliott as a mystery novelist who discovers a plan to murder an American heiress (Beverly Bentley) while on vacation in Spain. He enlists the help of a local taxi driver (Peter Lorre) to try to thwart the crime. The cast included Leo McKern, Diana Dors and Paul Lukas.
Cardiff and producer Mike Todd Jr. updated a system invented by a Swiss man, Dr. Hans Laube, which piped artificial scents through a network of tubes to the back of each seat in a theatre.
Laube first demonstrated his .Scentovision...
- 9/28/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Well, just over a year after Avatar encouraged the Hollywood machine to overhype 3-D movies to the point where the fad is already fading fast, the hunt is on for the next great thing. Dimension Films thinks they have the solution, announcing that this summer’s fourth installment of the Spy Kids franchise will introduce the fourth dimension with Aromascope.
Of course, adding smells to movie (as opposed to movies that just smell) is nothing new, dating back to 1906 when canny filmmakers scented cotton wool and placed them in front of ventilators. Much as is happening now, after 3-D faded in the 1950s, people sought new gimmicks ot keep people away from the television and flocking to the theater. Italian director Carlo Lizzani called his process “AromaRama” and used it to screen Behind the Great Wall, a travelogue through China.
Hans Laube created Smell-o-Vision used in 1960’s Scent of Mystery.
Of course, adding smells to movie (as opposed to movies that just smell) is nothing new, dating back to 1906 when canny filmmakers scented cotton wool and placed them in front of ventilators. Much as is happening now, after 3-D faded in the 1950s, people sought new gimmicks ot keep people away from the television and flocking to the theater. Italian director Carlo Lizzani called his process “AromaRama” and used it to screen Behind the Great Wall, a travelogue through China.
Hans Laube created Smell-o-Vision used in 1960’s Scent of Mystery.
- 6/25/2011
- by Robert Greenberger
- Comicmix.com
Leave it to writer/director Robert Rodriguez to cook up a new scheme for you to watch the fourth installment of his popular franchise, "Spy Kids."
Dimension Films has announced that "Spy Kids: All the Time in the World" is taking moviegoers to a whole new level in 4D with Aromascope!
Yes, not only will you be immersed visually, you will also get to smell the action!
Eewww?
This is not like the Smell-o-Vision created by Hans Laube for the 1960 film "Scent of Mystery" (scent coming from your theater seat) nor the AromaRama process invented by Charles Weiss for the China travelogue "Behind the Great Wall" for director Carlo Lizzani (scent coming out of your air-conditioned theater).
This Aromascope is similar to the John Waters scratch-and-sniff gimmick used in 1981 for "Polyester." For every ticket bought, you get an Aromascope card that will transport you to the wonderful world of "Spy Kids.
Dimension Films has announced that "Spy Kids: All the Time in the World" is taking moviegoers to a whole new level in 4D with Aromascope!
Yes, not only will you be immersed visually, you will also get to smell the action!
Eewww?
This is not like the Smell-o-Vision created by Hans Laube for the 1960 film "Scent of Mystery" (scent coming from your theater seat) nor the AromaRama process invented by Charles Weiss for the China travelogue "Behind the Great Wall" for director Carlo Lizzani (scent coming out of your air-conditioned theater).
This Aromascope is similar to the John Waters scratch-and-sniff gimmick used in 1981 for "Polyester." For every ticket bought, you get an Aromascope card that will transport you to the wonderful world of "Spy Kids.
- 6/24/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
Cinema huckster William Castle
I was at the 10th Motovun Film Festival, in Croatia two summers ago, mainly to see their ‘interactive cinema programme’. Motovun is renowned as a Woodstock of film festivals and often includes an interesting side programme. This year’s Motovun Film Festival began yesterday (26 July), with a side programme of Slovenian film, socially-committed topics tackling issues like human trafficking and rape, quirky “of people, cats and dogs”, and several homages to renowned directors.
When I attended the festival there were three screenings that handed over the director’s role to the audience; we were to decide the outcomes of these movies. The films screened were Czech ‘Kinoautomat’ “Man and His Home” (1966), Danish “Switching” (2003) and Canadian “Late Fragment” (2007).
Kinoautomat, the first interactive cinema and brain child of Czech director Radúz Činčera was invented in 1966. Alongside the movie projection, two moderators sitting at the stage were part of the spectacle.
I was at the 10th Motovun Film Festival, in Croatia two summers ago, mainly to see their ‘interactive cinema programme’. Motovun is renowned as a Woodstock of film festivals and often includes an interesting side programme. This year’s Motovun Film Festival began yesterday (26 July), with a side programme of Slovenian film, socially-committed topics tackling issues like human trafficking and rape, quirky “of people, cats and dogs”, and several homages to renowned directors.
When I attended the festival there were three screenings that handed over the director’s role to the audience; we were to decide the outcomes of these movies. The films screened were Czech ‘Kinoautomat’ “Man and His Home” (1966), Danish “Switching” (2003) and Canadian “Late Fragment” (2007).
Kinoautomat, the first interactive cinema and brain child of Czech director Radúz Činčera was invented in 1966. Alongside the movie projection, two moderators sitting at the stage were part of the spectacle.
- 7/28/2010
- by Mico Tatalovic
- The Moving Arts Journal
It's 3-D Week here at MTV, but just because we're celebrating the game changing film format doesn't mean we've forgotten some of the other unconventional ways to enjoy a movie experience. Over the years, there have been some brilliant and some not-so-brilliant but no less ambitious attempts to change the way that the public views a movie, whether that's at a local cinema, in the comfort of your own home or somewhere else entirely.
After the jump, we've listed some of the most memorable moviegoing fads that have come and gone over the years — some of which are still in practice today.
Smell-o-Vision: Leading off with a technique that most assuredly is not in practice today, Smell-o-Vision was a method for delivering unique scents during a movie, with the intent of getting the viewer to actually smell what's happening along with the cast. The technique was invented by Hans Laube...
After the jump, we've listed some of the most memorable moviegoing fads that have come and gone over the years — some of which are still in practice today.
Smell-o-Vision: Leading off with a technique that most assuredly is not in practice today, Smell-o-Vision was a method for delivering unique scents during a movie, with the intent of getting the viewer to actually smell what's happening along with the cast. The technique was invented by Hans Laube...
- 3/29/2010
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
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