my friend albert brooks made a film called real life, it was a satire of a real family. >> in the beginningne got it, did they? >> no. when we first previewed the film, it was in dallas, texas. people came up to me and said, i don't understand what this is. why would you make a movie about a band that nobody has ever heard of, and one that is so bad. i wouldn't you make a movie about the beatles or the rolling stones? it was a satire. they didn't get it. it took a long, long time for people to catch up with it, and now they get it. and now it's at the international film festival. >> get ready. get set. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is spinal tap. >> did you despair at first? >> well, yeah. you think you're making something you think is funny, and people don't get it. but then eventually they catch on tit. when we were making the film, the guy who shot it, the reason we picked him is because he had shot all these rock 'n' roll documentaries. he was familiar with it. the whole time we were making the film, he kept saying to me, i don't get it. what is funny about this? this is -- this is exac