rob reiner is here as this is spinal tap is being screened here on the beach. rob reiner, hello.re here in canne with this is spinal tap, which first came out in 1984. it was your very first film. i think it was the first mockumentary. >> well, it was the first rock 'n' roll mockumentary. my friend albert brooks made a film called real life, it was a satire of a real family. >> in the beginning, no one 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 th