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The Big Sleep (1946)

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Instance
Gesture name: Turns light off
Start time: NIF
End time: NIF
Total duration: NIF
Page #: 39
Measure #: 46
Scene: Reel 3 Part 3
Key: WT
Meter: 4/4
Tempo (bpm): 116
Solo Instrument: cello, oboe
Description
On-screen: Marlowe turns off the light
Description: Rapid downward gesture for flipping a light switch off; this cue begins at 27:04 of the pre-release version
Film annotations: [m. 46] Light switch off
Orchestration annotations: [m. 46] celeste / oboe / harp
Analysis: Ends with a whole-tone chord
Tags

deleted scene | femme fatale | investigation | leading man | light | light switch | mysterious | private eye | room | tense | turning off | whole-tone chord

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