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Sean Zdenek

soundwriting, visual design, inclusive media, rhetoric

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Tag: Hearing

A screenshot from Lost in Translation (2003) featuring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson

Whispers and other sounds you were never meant to hear

Posted on August 11, 2009August 17, 2018 by Sean Zdenek Captioning, Hearing, Non-Speech

Consider the much-discussed whisper that occurs at the end of Lost in Translation, Sofia Coppola’s critically acclaimed and prized 2003 film about two Americans who develop a friendship during lonely stays at a Tokyo hotel.

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