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I Was a Communist for the FBI (1951)

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Instance
Theme name: Agitato Molto Misterioso
Start time: 1:10:18
End time: 1:10:36
Total duration: 0:00:18
Page #: 46
Measure #: 20
Scene: Reel 8
Key: unstable
Meter: 2/4
Tempo (bpm): 120
Instrumentation: strings, woodwinds
Description
On-screen: Communists interrogate Matt
Description: An Agitato Misterioso cue from earlier in the film returns to create tension as Matt is interrogated by the commies
Music annotations: [m. 20] look at R4 Pt 1 bar 8 on / sfz-p subito; [m. 28] etc chromatic; [m. 29] come sopra R4 Pt1
Film annotations: [m. 20] Why wasn't?
Orchestration annotations: [m. 20] strgs tremolo / 3 clts / bssns ?; [m. 22] celli piano pizz
Analysis: Uses a prolonged (0148) sonority and a whole-tone (0248) ostinato, followed by parallel (0148) sonorities and a chromatic gesture leading to a dissonant final polychord (B over C over Ab)
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chromatic parallelism | chromatic scale | communist | interrogating | interrogation | leading man | mysterious | ostinato | pc set | questioning | room | shallow focus | suspicion | tense | undercover agent | whole-tone scale

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