To understand why you need specialized subtitles, you must first understand Anderson’s narrative device. The film intentionally alienates English-speaking viewers from the human characters. You are meant to feel like a dog—confused by human language, relying on tone, body language, and the occasional translator (like the character Tracy, who speaks English).
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