Re: Berlin Wall in Film
Tue, 19 Jan 1999 15:55:34 -0500
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
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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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