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The Big Sleep (1946)


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Instance
Gesture name: Drops hat
Start time: NIF
End time: NIF
Total duration: NIF
Page #: 85
Measure #: 73
Scene: Reel 9 Part 2
Key: unstable
Meter: 6/8
Description
On-screen: Marlowe drops his hat on Carmen
Description: Steiner writes a descending arpeggiation as Marlowe drops his hat on a chair where Carmen is sitting; the music was cut from the film but would have occurred around 1:17:15
Music annotations: [m. 73] mf
Film annotations: [m. 73] Drops hat
Orchestration annotations: [m. 73] harp
Analysis: Arpeggiates a half-diminished 7th chord, supported by a C9 harmony
Tags

9th chord | advance plot | cut from film | dropping | femme fatale | hat | leading man | mickey-mousing | private eye | room

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