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I heard about a movie theater that had all 5 senses built into it, for example, if foul smell was in the movie, the audience could smell it also, I know that movies like the horror "Popcorn" played at that type of theater, I tried to look the theater up on the internet, but I couldn't find any information on it, do anyone know what the theater is?

2006-07-21 22:40:42 · 3 answers · asked by g_unit_soldier40 2 in Entertainment & Music Movies

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Smelly Movies
Soon you may be able to smell your favorite movie. Israeli scientists have created "Cinematrix," a movie theater that allows viewers to feel and smell the action on screen.

A 48-seat prototype theater has been built at the National Science Museum in Haifa, where audiences can fully engage in movies with all their senses. Along with 3D glasses movie-goers are able to feel sensations such as wind and water while different scents are pumped into the theater in sequence with the film.

Currently the museum only has a limited number of films using that technology, but scientists say, it is the first step towards more mainstream movie experiences.
http://www.ishitech.co.il/0305ar5.htm

Smell-o-vision Returns
The BBC reports that “Screenings of Colin Farrell’s latest film will be accompanied by a series of smells at a cinema in Japan.” (via HuffPo)

Seven fragrances will waft from machines under back row seats, during the screening of historical adventure The New World. A floral smell will accompany love scenes, with a mixture of peppermint and rosemary for tear-jerking moments. Cinemas across the country will be able to download programmes to control various sequences of fragrances for other upcoming films.

Smell-O-Vision was a movie presentation enhancement technology initiated in 1960 by Mike Todd, Jr., son of famed film director Mike Todd, Sr. Bottles of scent were held on a rotating drum and the process was triggered by a signal on the film’s soundtrack. Scent of a Mystery was the only film ever made using Smell-O-Vision.

Odorama was the name of the presentation which director John Waters employed for screenings of his 1980 film Polyester, whereby individual audience “Scratch and Sniff” cards were used.

Aroma-rama was another one-film technology, used for the screening of 1958 documentary Behind the Great Wall (narrated by Chet Huntley!). This process relied on odors being pumped through a theatre’s air conditioning vents, during the movie.
http://www.theittlist.com/site/ittlist/ind/smell_o_vision_returns/

Read more-
http://pedia.nodeworks.com/S/SM/SME/Smell-o-vision
http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/belknap/exhibit2002/smell.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smell-o-vision

2006-07-21 23:02:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1 0

You can reenact it - it's called life - maybe try a few drugs to get it going more movie like.

2006-07-21 22:47:58 · answer #2 · answered by Sinless 2 · 0 0

Know what you are talking about but can't remember much else about it, sorry.

2006-07-21 22:44:20 · answer #3 · answered by Amy >'.'< 5 · 0 0

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