Hollywood and the Brooks "Brothers"

Writers and film buffs Sidney Goldstein & Lloyd Lim will lead students in a Zoom viewing of 5 films by three comedy writer/directors who are not actually brothers, but seem to be artistically:  Mel Brooks, Joseph L. Brooks & Albert Brooks.
 
Oct 9: Broadcast News (1987) with William Hurt, Holly Hunter & Albert Brooks tells the story of three journalists whose lives are changed when they work together at a Washington D.C. television news station;
Oct 16: Lost in America (1985) with Albert Brooks & Julie Hagerty, tells the story of an executive and his wife who leave their high-paying jobs to go off the grid on a cross-country road trip;
Oct 23: As Good as It Gets (1997) with Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt & Gregg Kinnear, tells the story about an over the hill writer who meets a younger woman and has a last chance at love (if he can get himself to do it);
Oct 30: This class is reserved for a mix of lecture and class discussion on the films and what they say about American culture, the different types of comedy, and tidbits from the history of the Brooks “brothers.”
Nov 6: Young Frankenstein (1974) with Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Madeline Kahn & Cloris Leachman is a comedic retelling of the Frankenstein story (or should we say “Franken-steen!”);
Nov 13: Blazing Saddles (1974) with Gene Wilder, Cleavon Little, Harvey Korman & Madeline Kahn is a send-up of the American Western.