This is Spinal Tap (1984)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 1984
	Director: Rob Reiner (When Harry met Sally..., Misery)
	Actors: Rob Reiner (Ed-TV), Michael McKean, Christopher Guest, Fran Drescher (TV-series The Nanny), Patrick Macnee (TV-series The Avengers)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Comedy, Documentary, Music
	Conditions of visioning: 21.11.2012, Blu-ray, Home cinema
Synopsis: Documentary director Marty DiBergi decides to follow the world-famous rock band Spinal Tap on their latest USA-tour in 1982. He will catch more than a imple rock band on film, much more...
Review: Sold as the best Rockumentary ever made, it actually belongs to the rare genre of Mockumentary, which is for me different from the found footage or hand-held camera movies that are now quite numerous. It is not only filmed as a documentary (for better viewer's immersion) but is trying to trick you into believing it is real, for a greater offbeat comical effect. Two other movies I would put in this category are Forgotten Silver by Peter Jackson (The Lord of the Rings) telling the story of a famous Kiwi inventor and film-maker, and the improbable Japanese-Finnish Ski Jumping Pairs that tells us about this obscure sport which is ski jumping with two people on the skis! But back to the movie. The dialogs an situations are very well written, with a kind of second-degree British humor, although the film is american but depicts a rock band from UK. Just when you see the band with their long hair, moustaches and tight pants with cucumber in them, you cannot help laughting. This Blu-ray edition contains a lot of special features. I watched only the 45-minute documentary, but it is already great to have a better idea of how the movie was received by people working in the world of rock music (bands, producers, critics...). You learn that the stories depicted in the movie are often sadly true and happen to most aging bands.
Rating: 7 /10