John Nutt: Non-semantic communication in experimental sound editing in Hollywood

Abstract

In this interview, film sound editor specialized in dialogue John Nutt remembers the form of Hollywood audiovisual production through language innovations created with the advent of stereo sound in the 1970s. He discusses his experiences with directors such as David Lynch, Carroll Ballard, Bob Rafelson and even Brazilian Walter Salles. Nutt also highlights what configured the experimental work of sound designer Alan Splet, for the appreciation of sound effects and their harmonization with dialogues and music, solutions nowadays assimilated by the film industry and audiovisual communication as a whole, in the production of meanings and the sensory stimuli of emotional appeal.