Guillermo del Toro

That's a movie that people think is based on the whale movies.

It's partially based on that, but more than any other movie, and I recommend this movie wholeheartedly, is based very much on Son of Frankenstein, which is a great Frankenstein movie.

Really, really terrific.

Yes, I think that the point of this agreement between Gene Wilder and Mel Brooks, which is the most brilliant moment, is putting on the Ritz.

I think that's not only one of the greatest comedies ever made.

It's one of the great Frankenstein comedies.

It is so much its own identity that people believe erroneously that the blind hermit comes from young Frankenstein sometimes.

And it comes obviously from the novel and from Bride of Frankenstein, the whale movie, which is an exquisite sequel to the first Frankenstein.

Always a pleasure, and thank you for the wisdom and the careful guiding of this lengthy interview, which I adored every second of.