12019-02-04T19:18:07+00:00Patrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b11The Big Sleep (1946)plain2019-02-04T19:18:07+00:00Critical Commons19462019-02-01T19:32:53ZVideoHoward HawksThe Big SleepPatrick Keatingfdfdb363527b48ac29800c3d2a6f44da6939bc3b
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12019-02-04T19:39:23+00:005.x12 The Big Sleep1The Big Sleep (1946)plain2019-02-04T19:39:23+00:00As David Bordwell explains, a film with a restricted range may follow a single character from scene to scene, thereby limiting the film’s revelations to the character’s range of awareness. In this scene, we learn the clues as Philip Marlowe learns them. Note that range is not the same as depth: the camera stays close to Marlowe, but it does not adopt his subjective point of view.