Mel Brooks: Make a Noise: a master looks back

MEL BROOKS: MAKE A NOISE

PBS’s American Master series is airing the documentary Mel Brooks: Make a Noise, which reviews the career of master filmmaker Mel Brooks.  In particular, we glimpse inside the making of such masterpieces as The Producers (one of my Greatest Movies of All Time), Young Frankenstein and Blazing Saddles.  We see clips from those movies and hear from Talking Heads (including Brook’s best friend Carl Reiner).  But the best part of Make a Noise is hearing from Brooks himself.  He’s personally delightful and remarkably clearheaded about what makes his films so funny.