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Free Movie & Refreshments, Weds 10/21/09 PDF Print E-mail
EVENT:Food for Thought
DATE:Wednesday, October 21, 2009
TIME:5:00 to 8:30 pm; program starts at 6:00
PLACE:California History RoomLibrary & Courts Building II, Room 200900 N Street, Sacramento
RSVP:Rebecca Fontaine at (916) 653-9942 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Join us for this month’s Food for Thought as we celebrate Halloween with Young Frankenstein, a thoughtful post-film discussion, and some frighteningly good refreshments. PROGRAMOur October screening features Young Frankenstein, a send-up of two classic horror films of the 1930s.  Young Frankenstein is the gold standard of cinematic spoofs.  It represents the zenith of Mel Brooks’ comic anarchy, and offers career-defining work from Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Madeline Kahn, Teri Garr, and the sensational Gene Wilder, who co-wrote the screenplay with Brooks.   Filmed in black and white using sets from the original Frankenstein movies, Brooks’ affectionate homage is replete with pitchfork-bearing mobs, police investigations, lab experiments, a vaudeville routine, and cheerfully ribald love scenes.  The 1974 film is also a telling commentary on exploitation, fear, and our love-hate relationship with monsters—in this case one who’s both hilarious and pathetic.  In a new era of cloning and DNA reassembly, he’s also an ethical challenge—a harbinger, perhaps, of what may soon be scientifically possible. REFRESHMENTSFood for Thought includes a reception with refreshments generously sponsored by the California State Library Foundation.  For more information, visit http://www.library.ca.gov/pressreleases/pr_091012.html .
 
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