Mel Brooks: Young Frankenstein: The Art of the Homage (or, to spoof with accuracy) by Tom McNamara

For Mel Brooks the spoofing is in the details. The classic Hollywood Horror film is always black-and-white and includes scene transitions like iris outs, wipes and fades to black. Mel Brooks's Hollywood Horror is no different. He even tracks down the original equipment from the mad doctor's lab first used in the 1931 Frankenstein film.

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