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Is John Waters the only filmmaker ever to incorporate smells into the presentation of his movie?
When John Waters released his movie Polyster in 1981, it was advertised as being presented in "Odorama" ... basically, this meant everyone in the audience was issued a numbered scratch-and-sniff card, and numbers were flashed on the screen to prompt people to scratch and release the corresponding scent.
Is Waters the only filmmaker who has put some odors into his work?
Is Waters the only filmmaker who has put some odors into his work?
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John Waters got the idea for Odorama from previous generations that tried various versions of 'Smell-O-Vision' that didn't work.
http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/Smell-O-Vision
The idea to incorporate smell into cinema has been around since the silent era. Most of these trials were done by theatre owners and not the film industry. They couldn't figure out a way to introduce multiple odors on a single film without having the scents mix into a cloud of yuck.
By the use of scratch and sniff cards, Waters was successful in bringing back a nostalgic side of cinema. I remember the movie Polyester and especially remember smelling the cards. There was gasoline, a skunk and a fart... those were the fun ones to smell and then make horrible sounds in the audience once you got it in your nose!
I wish I had kept and saved one of those cards... it's probably worth something now!
http://cultureandcommunication.org/deadmedia/index.php/Smell-O-Vision
The idea to incorporate smell into cinema has been around since the silent era. Most of these trials were done by theatre owners and not the film industry. They couldn't figure out a way to introduce multiple odors on a single film without having the scents mix into a cloud of yuck.
By the use of scratch and sniff cards, Waters was successful in bringing back a nostalgic side of cinema. I remember the movie Polyester and especially remember smelling the cards. There was gasoline, a skunk and a fart... those were the fun ones to smell and then make horrible sounds in the audience once you got it in your nose!
I wish I had kept and saved one of those cards... it's probably worth something now!
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M$
ha! i saw this once in a theater too, and it was presented with the odorama cards. the stench towards the end of the movie was overwhelming, with all those smells released into the air making a really bad cocktail :-)
I guess John Waters did it more out of nostalgia than anything else...