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'This Is Spinal Tap' Director Rob Reiner

'This Is Spinal Tap' Director Rob Reiner

IndieWire's Filmmaker Toolkit · Chris O'Falt

July 3, 202530m 49s

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Show Notes

Director Rob Reiner returns to Filmmaker Toolkit to talk with IndieWire features writer Jim Hemphill about “This is Spinal Tap.” Released in 1984 to widespread acclaim, Reiner’s debut feature created a new form of comedy that inspired countless hours of “mockumentary” TV episodes and films in the decades to follow. On the occasion of the film’s theatrical re-release in a new 4K restoration, Reiner reflects on its making and the challenges he faced getting the movie out into the world.

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