On Sun, 25 Jun 1995, Donald Larsson wrote: > > I suspect that this kind of motif is actually pretty common--especially with > diegetic music eventually melding into a nondiegetic background. If I > remember correctly, some of the music from car radios in A BRONX TALE does > this and there are many more lurking in my mind without being more specific. > A borderline case that is also fairly common is when the source of the music > is apparently diegetic, but its loudness and timbre cause it to function as > a kind of rhythmic background or verbal commentary on the action that is > "overdetermined" in meaning. AMERICAN GRAFITTI is probably the best-known Another interesting example of this, I noticed in Blade Runner, when The Ford character taps on the piano, and it blends into the soundtrack then back out when what's her name starts playing., "I dreamt music." ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]