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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Theme name: Questions
Start time: 1:16:16
End time: 1:16:26
Total duration: 0:00:10
Page #: 82
Measure #: 46
Scene: Reel 9 Part 2
Key: unstable - c
Meter: 3/4
Tempo (bpm): 108
Marking: Agitato
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Marlowe and Vivian argue
Description: We hear a tense descending gesture (called "Angry" in the cue sheet) as Vivian reacts to Marlowe's question about Eddie Mars
Music annotations: [m. 46] accell / risoluto / f; [m. 49] mf; [m. 50] sfz; [m. 51] sfz / riten
Film annotations: [m. 46] She sits up
Orchestration annotations: [m. 46] str / W.W. / horns / piano; [m. 50] W.W. / Novachord
Analysis: Features parallel major triads, then gravitates towards c minor
Tags

angry | car | chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | conversing | leading lady | leading man | love interest | love scene | private eye | tense

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