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'''The Noel Harrison Sensation''' (or simply '''The Sensation''') is a [[transdimensional corporation]] which [[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)]] uses to project his sensorium.
'''The Noel Harrison Sensation''' (or simply '''The Sensation''') is a [[transdimensional corporation]] which [[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)|Noel Harrison]] uses to project his sensorium.


== Description ==
[[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)|Harrison]] usually manifests The Sensation as a movie poster, although he occasionally manifests as a life-size cardboard figure.


[[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)|Harrison (nonfiction)]] usually manifests The Sensation as a movie poster, although [[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)|he (nonfiction)]] occasionally manifests as a life-size cardboard figure.
Careful placement of The Sensation in space and time allows [[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)|Harrison]] to privately experience gala openings of his films, his own theater performances, and other film- and theater-related events, without drawing undue attention to himself.


Careful placement of The Sensation in space and time allows [[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)|Harrison (nonfiction)]] to privately experience gala openings of his films, his own theater performances, and other film- and theater-related events, without drawing undue attention to himself.
[[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)|Harrison]] was deeply moved by [[Ridley Scott (nonfiction)|Ridley Scott]]'s documentary film ''[[Alien (documentary)|Alien]]''.


== Plimpton engine ==
Years later, [[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)|Harrison]] declared, "I would burst open my chest for Ridley, if it got him the recognition he deserves."


[[Ridley Scott (nonfiction)|Scott]], who was just beginning work on [[Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?]], hired Harrison as creative director.


[[George Plimpton (nonfiction)]] famously invented the [[Plimpton engine]] while watching the film [[John Malkovich (nonfiction)]] with The Sensation.
== In the News ==


== History ==
<gallery>
File:Ringworlds of Your Mind.jpg|link=The Ringworlds of Your Mind|"'''[[The Ringworlds of Your Mind]]'''" is a song by Larry Niven, first recorded by Noel Harrison for the film ''The Louis Wu Affair''.


[[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)|Harrison (nonfiction)]] invited [[George Plimpton (nonfiction)]] to join The Sensation for the premier showing of the film [[Being John Malkovich (nonfiction)]] starring [[John Malkovich (nonfiction)]].
File:Noel_Harrison_1972.jpg|link=Noel Harrison (nonfiction)|[[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)|Noel Harrison]] (1972) pleased with success of The Sensation.
File:Ridley-Scott-researching-Alien.jpg|link=Ridley Scott|Harrison was an early admirer of documentary film maker [[Ridley Scott]], shown here researching his acclaimed documentary film ''[[Alien (documentary)|Alien]]''.  


The Sensation exerted two simultaneous manifestations:
File:George Plimpton 1993.jpg|link=George Plimpton|[[George Plimpton]] invented the [[Plimpton engine]] while partipating in The Noel Harrison Sensation.


* In the lobby, as life-size cardboard figure
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* In the theater itself, as an enormous poster covering most of the back wall (with a slightly painful aperture for the beam)
 
[[George Plimpton (nonfiction)|Plimpton (nonfiction)]] invented the [[Plimpton engine|engine]] upon seeing [[John Malkovich (nonfiction)]] simultaneously in the lobby and in the film.
 
[[John Malkovich (nonfiction)]]'s reaction has gone undocumented (as of May 2016).
 
== Alien (documentary film) ==
 
[[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)]] was deeply moved by [[Ridley Scott (nonfiction)]]'s documentary film [[Alien (documentary)|Alien]].
 
Years later, [[Noel Harrison (nonfiction)|Harrison (nonfiction)]] declared that he would "burst open my chest for Ridley, if it got him the recognition he deserves."
 
[[Ridley Scott (nonfiction)|Scott (nonfiction)]], who was just beginning work on [[Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?]], hired Harrison as creative director.


== Fiction cross-reference ==
== Fiction cross-reference ==


* [[Plimpton engine]]
* [[Plimpton engine]]
* [[The Ringworlds of Your Mind]]
* [[The Treadmills of Your Mind]]
* [[The Treadmills of Your Mind]]
* [[Transdimensional corporation]]
* [[Transdimensional corporation]]
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Latest revision as of 09:42, 1 May 2024

The Noel Harrison Sensation (or simply The Sensation) is a transdimensional corporation which Noel Harrison uses to project his sensorium.

Harrison usually manifests The Sensation as a movie poster, although he occasionally manifests as a life-size cardboard figure.

Careful placement of The Sensation in space and time allows Harrison to privately experience gala openings of his films, his own theater performances, and other film- and theater-related events, without drawing undue attention to himself.

Harrison was deeply moved by Ridley Scott's documentary film Alien.

Years later, Harrison declared, "I would burst open my chest for Ridley, if it got him the recognition he deserves."

Scott, who was just beginning work on Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?, hired Harrison as creative director.

In the News

Fiction cross-reference

Nonfiction cross-reference

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