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Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

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Instance
Gesture name: Blows out match
Start time: 0:56:48
Page #: 77
Measure #: 46
Scene: Reel 6 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 54
Solo Instrument: celeste, harp; vibraphone
Description
On-screen: Einstein blows out the match
Description: Quick ascending gesture as Einstein blows out the match he has been holding
Music annotations: [m. 46] p
Film annotations: [m. 47] Blows out match
Analysis: A whole-tone gesture with a chromatic passing tone
Tags

advance plot | blowing | brother | crazy person | darkness | doctor | extinguishing | leading man | match | mickey-mousing | murderer | room | tense | whole-tone scale

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