'Spinal Tap' is heavy
satire on heavy metal
Heavy
metal rock
isn't dead,
but Rob
Reiner's
sav«t‘te, rude
and
teroi tously
satirical psuedo-documentary
"This Is Spinal Tap" may have
given it a near critical blow.
Director and co-writer Reiner
co-stars as Marti Di Bergi, the
director of this "rockumen
tary." Di Bergi remembers this
band from their early days in the
'60s, when they were not only
"one of the most creative rock
bands, but one of the loudest."
His dream is to capture the
band's first U.S. tour in six years
on film.
"This Is Spinal Tap" covers
this disastrous tour through
concert footage, soul-searching
interviews and candid behind
the-scenes sequences. The film
is so successful that, if you're
not careful, you might wind up
forgetting that the whole thing
is a farce.
"This Is Spinal Tap" is actually
the brainchild of four col
laborators: Christopher Guest,
Michael McKean and Harry
Shearer, who also portray the
three major members of the
band, and Reiner. The band
Spinal Tap is their creation, a fic
titious heavy metal rock group
that is trying for a comeback.
The group is not without its
problems, of course, bad music
notwithstanding. Their concert
dates are canceled by the
dozens and the distribution of
their latest album, "Smell the
Glove," is held up in the U.S.
because of its sexist cover. The
biggest problem occurs,
however, when the girlfriend of
lead singer David St. Hubbins
(McKean) shows up and begins
disrupting the relationships in
the group.
All this drama unfolds
hilariously and quite believably
in the film because it actually
looks and feels like a genuine
documentary.
The actors of "Spinal Tap" ad
libbed scenes after working out
the premise to give spontaneity
to the dialogue, and they actual
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numbers live. The result is a film
with a genuinely realistic,
natural feel.
The bite comes in the content
— rude song lyrics to such hits
as 'Big Bottom" and "Sex
I
Farm"; pithy, shallow remarks
during the interviews; nar
cissistic attempts at musician
ship (particularly in Tufnel's
abysmal guitar solos); and the
silly, maudlin storyline of the
tour. The funny thing about it all
is that it works and it works well.
The film is a brilliant piece of
satire that doesn't stop at heavy
metal music. Reiner and com
pany, who also wrote all the
songs, take digs at 'bOs folk
rock, pretentious 70s music and
documentary films in general. If
not the most polished, "Spinal
Tap" is the most bizarre and
original film of the year.
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