Sam Fuller's *Verboten!,* although it does not deal directly with
Berlin, is nevertheless a far more compelling film concerning post-war
German politics than is *Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street.* Of course,
*most* films are more compelling than *Dead Pigeon ...* :-)
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                          William Lafferty, PhD

Department of Theatre Arts                           [log in to unmask]
Wright State University                           office (937) 775-4581 or 3072
Dayton, OH  45435-0001  USA                            facsimile (937) 775-3787

        The universe was once conceived almost as a vast preserve, landscaped
  for heroes, plotted to provide them the appropriate adventures.   The rules
  were known and respected, the adversaries honorable, the oracles articulate
  and precise as the directives of a six-lane parkway.  Errors of weakness or
  vanity  led,  with  measured  momentum,  to  the  tragedy  which   resolved
  everything.  Today, the rules are ambiguous, the adversary is  concealed in
  aliases, the oracles broadcast a babble of contradictions.

                                 --- Maya Deren, from her notes for *At Land*

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