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literature list on: Brooks, Mel
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#1
Arnold, Frank: Robin Hood - Helden in Strumpfhosen. In: EPD Film 10. 1993. No. 12. [December] pp. 32-33.
Description:
On Mel Brooks’s Robin Hood: Men in Tights.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
#2
Barbaro, Alvise: Frankenstein: Un mostro di celluloide tra horror e parodia. - Milano: Costa & Nolan 2006.
Description:
Discusses especially the novel by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the classical Frankenstein movie by James Whale and Mel Brooks’s parody Young Frankenstein.
Index:
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Whale, James
Brooks, Mel
Frankenstein - The Man Who Made the Monster (1931)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Frankenstein (Filmreihe)
Monster ~ Monster
Humor ~ Humor
Horror ~ Horror
Frankenstein ~ Frankenstein
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus (Literatur ~ Literature)
#3
Bonnstetter, Beth E.: Of structures, stories, and Spaceballs: Parody as criticism of genre film and myth. In: Sith, slayers, stargates & cyborgs: Modern mythology in the new millennium. Edited by John Perlich and David Whitt. - New York; Washington, DC; Baltimore, Maryland; Bern; Frankfurt/M.; Berlin; Brussels; Vienna; Oxford: Lang 2008. (= Popular culture and everyday life 19.) pp. 190 ff.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
Humor ~ Humor
Mythologie ~ Mythology
Science Fiction ~ Science Fiction
#4
Bonnstetter, Beth / Ott, Brian L.: "We’re at now, now": Spaceballs as parodic tourism. In: Southern Communication Journal 72. 2007. No. 3. [?D] pp. 309-327.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
Humor ~ Humor
#5
Clarke, Frederick S.: Spaceballs. In: Cinefantastique 17. 1987. No. 3/4. [June] p. 19.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
#6
Comuzio, Ermanno: Balle spaziali. In: Cineforum 28. 1988. No. 2(272). [March] pp. 89-90.
Description:
On Mel Brooks’s Spaceballs.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
#7
Counts, Kyle: Spaceballs. In: Cinefantastique 18. 1987. No. 1. [December] pp. 50-51.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
#8
Crick, Robert Alan: Young Frankenstein. In: We belong dead: Frankenstein on film. Edited by Gary J. Svehla and Susan Svehla. - Baltimore, Maryland: Luminary Press 2005. pp. 225 ff.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Frankenstein ~ Frankenstein
#9
Czech, Winfried: Bud Spencer im All: Spaceballs. In: Phantastische Zeiten 1988. No. 1([2]). p. 42.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spencer, Bud
Spaceballs (1987)
#10
Cziraky, Dan: Another recent vampire spoof fails to amuse audiences. In: Cinefantastique 27. 1996. No. 10. [June] pp. 48-49.
Description:
On Mel Brooks’s Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Vampire ~ Vampires
#11
Desser, David / Friedman, Lester D.: American-Jewish filmmakers: Traditions and trends. - Champaign, Illinois: University of Illinois Press 1993.
Reviews:
Williams, Tony: [untitled] In: Film Quarterly 48. 1995. No. 3. [Spring] pp. 43-44.
Description:
Discusses, among others, the films of Mel Brooks and Woody Allen, especially Zelig.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Allen, Woody
Zelig (1982)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Religion: Juden ~ Religion: Jews
#12
Dracula - tot, aber glücklich. - Wien: ?V ?J. (= Neues Filmprogramm 10058.)
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
#13
Elliot, Mark: Spaceballs - the special effects. In: Cinefex 1987. No. 31. [August] pp. 4-25.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects
#14
Erens, P.: You could die laughing: Jewish humor and film. In: East-West Film Journal 2. 1987. No. 1. [December] pp. 50-62.
Description:
Discusses, among others, Mel Brooks’s History of the World: Part I.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Religion: Juden ~ Religion: Jews
Religion ~ Religion
Humor ~ Humor
#15
Fisher, Bob: Magic behind Spaceballs. In: American Cinematographer 68. 1987. No. 8. [August] pp. 75-78.
Description:
On the special effects for Spaceballs and on the work of cinematographer Nick McLean.
Index:
McLean, Nick
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
Technik: Kamera ~ Technology: Camera
Magie ~ Magic
Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects
#16
Frankenstein junior. - Wien: ?V ?J. (= Neuer Filmkurier 149.)
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Young Frankenstein (1974)
#17
Frankenstein Junior. - Nürnberg: Filmverlag Peter Schmidl 1992. (= Phantopia-Filmprogramm 161.)
Description:
On Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Young Frankenstein (1974)
#18
Frankenstein Junior. - Nürnberg: Verlag Karin Stähle ?J. (= Super 8 Filmblätter.)
Description:
On Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Young Frankenstein (1974)
#19
Gnauk, Ricarda: Der Wahnsinn hat Methode: Die Dramaturgie der Genre-Parodien von Mel Brooks. - München: Utz 2012. (= Theaterwissenschaft 22.)
Description:
Includes chapters on The Producers, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, The History of the World: Part I, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Young Frankenstein and Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Springtime For Hitler / Producers, The (1967)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
High Anxiety (1977)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Spaceballs (1987)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Wahnsinn ~ Madness
Humor ~ Humor
#20
Gnauk, Ricarda: Der Wahnsinn hat Methode: Die Dramaturgie der Genre-Parodien von Mel Brooks. - München: Universität München, Dissertation 2011.
Description:
Includes chapters on The Producers, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, The History of the World: Part I, Spaceballs, Robin Hood: Men in Tights, Young Frankenstein and Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Springtime For Hitler / Producers, The (1967)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
High Anxiety (1977)
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Spaceballs (1987)
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Wahnsinn ~ Madness
Humor ~ Humor
#21
Kael, Pauline: Hey, Torquemada. In: Kael, Pauline: The age of movies: Selected writings of Pauline Kael. Edited by Sanford Schwartz. - New York: Library of America 2011. p. ?P.
Description:
On Mel Brooks’s History of the World: Part I.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
History of the World: Part I (1981)
#22
Kenny, Glenn: Punnondariiiiiiiizz!. In: Premiere 16. 2003. No. 7. [March] p. 60.
Description:
On Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Young Frankenstein (1974)
#23
Klamauk ohne Tiefgang. In: Phantastische Zeiten 1987. No. 12([1]). pp. 10-15.
Description:
Mel Brooks on his Star Wars parody Spaceballs.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
Star Wars (Filmreihe)
Humor ~ Humor
Star Wars ~ Star Wars
#24
Knapp, Raymond: Music, electricity, and the "Sweet mystery of life" in Young Frankenstein. In: Changing tunes: The use of pre-existing music in film. Edited by Phil Powrie and Robynn Stilwell. - Aldershot; Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate 2006. pp. 105 ff.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Musik ~ Music
#25
Krüger, Cord: "Möge der Saft mit euch sein": Mel Brooks’ zeitlos-abseitige Burleske Spaceballs. In: EPD Film 22. 2005. No. 8. [August] p. 56.
Description:
On a DVD edition.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
DVD ~ DVD
#26
Leydon, Joe: Dracula: Dead and Loving It. In: Variety 361. 1995. No. 7. [December 18] p. 67.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
#27
Magid, Ron: Peter Donen on supervising the visual effects of Spaceballs at Apogee. In: Cinefantastique 18. 1987. No. 1. [December] pp. 50-51.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Donen, Peter
Spaceballs (1987)
Apogee [Firma] ~ Apogee [Company]
Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects
#28
Magid, Ron: Satirical effects for Spaceballs. In: American Cinematographer 68. 1987. No. 12. [December] pp. 58-62.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
Technik: Spezialeffekte ~ Technology: Special Effects
Humor ~ Humor
#29
Manders, Stanley: Spaceballs: Collector’s edition. In: Cinefantastique 37. 2005. No. 4. [July] p. 63.
Description:
On a DVD edition.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
DVD ~ DVD
#30
Mundhenke, Florian: Frankenstein junior. In: Filmgenres: Komödie. Hrsg. von Heinz-B. Heller und Matthias Steinle. - Stuttgart: Reclam 2005. pp. 364-367.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Humor ~ Humor
#31
Orlin, Scott / Schäfer, Karl-Heinz: Leslie Nielsen leckt Blut: Dracula Junior. In: Cinema [Hamburg] 1996. No. 1(212). [?D] p. 94.
Description:
Production report on Mel Brooks’s Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Nielsen, Leslie
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Blut ~ Blood
#32
Parish, James Robert: It’s good to be the king: The seriously funny life of Mel Brooks. - Chichester; Hoboken, New Jersey: Wiley 2007.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
#33
Peinkofer, Michael: Her mit den englischen Jungfrauen: Dracula - Tot, aber glücklich. In: Moviestar 4. 1996. No. 18. [April] pp. 34-36.
Description:
On Mel Brooks’s Dracula: Dead and Loving It. Includes a Dracula filmography.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
Frauen ~ Women
Großbritannien ~ Great Britain
Vampire ~ Vampires
#34
Raum-Deinzer, Uwe: Dracula - Tot, aber glücklich: Herrliche Bilder und respektlose Gags. In: Moviestar 4. 1996. No. 21. [October] p. 90.
Description:
On Mel Brooks’s Dracula: Dead and Loving It.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
#35
Robin Hood - Helden in Strumpfhosen. - Wien: ?V ?J. (= Neues Filmprogramm 9730.)
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993)
#36
Rußegger, Arno: I assure you there is nothing to fear: Mel Brooks’ Horrorfilmparodie Young Frankenstein. In: Horror-Kultfilme. Hrsg. von Angela Fabris, Jörg Helbig und Arno Rußegger. - Marburg: Schüren 2017. (= Marburger Schriften zur Medienforschung 78.) pp. 39 ff.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Humor ~ Humor
Angst ~ Fear
Horror ~ Horror
#37
Spaceballs. - Nürnberg: Verlag Karin Stähle ?J. (= Super 8 Filmblätter.)
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
#38
Spaceballs. - Wien: ?V ?J. (= Neues Filmprogramm 8697.)
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
#39
Stevenson, Jay: Dracula: Dead and Loving It. In: Cinefantastique 27. 1996. No. 8. [April] p. 59.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
#40
Stresau, Norbert: Spaceballs. In: Enzyklopädie des phantastischen Films. 6. Ergänzungslieferung. - Meitingen: Corian-Verlag, Januar 1988.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Spaceballs (1987)
#41
Stresau, Norbert: Von Hexen und Eiern. In: Science Fiction Times 29. 1987. No. 11. [November] pp. 13-14.
Description:
Reviews of George Miller’s The Witches of Eastwick, John Schlesinger’s The Believers and Mel Brooks’s Spaceballs.
Index:
Miller, George
Schlesinger, John
Brooks, Mel
Witches of Eastwick, The (1987)
Believers, The (1987)
Spaceballs (1987)
Religion: Hexen ~ Religion: Witches
#42
Sweeney, Kenneth: Young Frankenstein. In: American Cinematographer. Online edition, December 2008.
Description:
On a Blu-Ray Disc edition.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Young Frankenstein (1974)
Blu-Ray Disk ~ Blu-Ray Disc
#43
Symons, A.: Mel Brooks: Cultural industries, survivability, and the economy of prolonged adaptation, 1949-2007. - Nottingham: University of Nottingham, Ph.D. 2010. [Abstract in: Index to Theses with Abstracts 61-7376.]
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Wirtschaft ~ Economy
#44
Symons, Alex: Adapting film parody for the sitcom format: Mel Brooks’s When Things Were Rotten (1975) and The Nutt House (1989). In: Journal of Adaptation in Film & Performance 5. 2012. No. 1. [March] pp. 65-78.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
When Things Were Rotten (TV)
Nutt House, The (TV)
Humor ~ Humor
#45
Tueth, Michael: Reeling with laughter: American film comedies - From anarchy to mockumentary. - Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press 2012.
Description:
Includes, among others, chapters on Stanley Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, Mel Brooks’s Young Frankenstein and the animated South Park TV series.
Index:
Kubrick, Stanley
Brooks, Mel
Dr. Strangelove Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1963)
Young Frankenstein (1974)
South Park (TV)
USA (United States of America) ~ USA (United States of America)
Humor ~ Humor
Fernsehen ~ Television
Animation ~ Animation
#46
Wagner, Chuck: Dracula: Dead and Loving It. In: Cinefantastique 27. 1996. No. 4/5. [January] pp. 8-9.
Index:
Brooks, Mel
Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
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