| Description |
| On-screen: |
Marlowe walks to his office |
| Description: |
This scene was moved from the end of reel 4 to the beginning in the final cut of the film (the music in both versions is the same); the walking theme is used as Marlowe walks into the office |
| Music annotations: |
[m. 45] from main title 1/2 tone down / mp; [m. 48] rit; [m. 49] grazioso / poco meno |
| Film annotations: |
[m. 45] He walks; [m. 48] He stops; [m. 49] He walks |
| Orchestration annotations: |
[m. 54] (cue in celli this time) |
| Analysis: |
Features parallel triads over a pedal tone in d minor, then a restatement in Gb major that ends unexpectedly on a diminished 7th chord |
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| Tags |
advance plot | arriving | calm | leading lady | leading man | parallelism | pedal tone | private eye | room | walking
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