Smell-O-Vision
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Smell-O-Vision is one of the more unsuccessful Hollywood marketing gimmicks in which odors were piped in to the individual viewers’ seats. Although the only film made using this process was Scent of Mystery in ’96, performance artist David Yonge is reviving the process one theatre at a time. In person at the Alamo this week, the Vancouver artist will use aerosol sprays, hot plates, grills, fans, and an arsenal of raw natural fragrant ingredients to create an olfactory track to scenes from some of history’s great films and biggest tankers. A sing-along and a fabulous finale are also promised.

This article appears in November 28 • 2003.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.