High Anxiety! (1977)
Ending on a high. How does this one not get more love? It’s excellent, fusing pretty much every Hitchcockian motif into one seamless spoof. This is more pastiche than ‘spoof’. Indeed it functions, genuinely, as a thriller (well, almost). It contains a flawless cast of Brooks stalwarts, is ilm grammar perfect, has a catchy title song and looks terrific.
Winner of several Golden Globes, it’s a must watch for fans not only of Brooks but cinema in general. Overlooked in a sense, in retrospect. Do not let it slip past your radar when reviewing the Brooks’ back catalogue.
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Spaceballs always features at the top of any comedy list for me, gloriously good fun!
Young Frankenstein is definitely up there also