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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Start time: 1:43:19
End time: 1:43:22
Total duration: 0:00:03
Page #: 131
Measure #: 23
Scene: Reel 11 Part 5
Key: unstable
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 138
Instrumentation: strings
Description
On-screen: Marlowe rises
Description: A quick rising gesture as Marlowe heroically confronts Canino
Music annotations: [m. 23] sfz / col 8va lower / gliss
Film annotations: [m. 23] Marl rises / Over here Canino
Analysis: We hear a dissonant (023469) hexachord when Marlowe shoots Canino
Tags

action scene | criminal | dramatic | hostage | leading lady | leading man | love interest | outside | pc set | private eye | rising

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