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...exploding drummers and foil-wrapped cucumbers, and This Is Spinal Tap is a movie about people who take themselves seriously. Which is why it's a comedy classic. Christopher Guest used that same seriousness in three more improvised comedies: Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show and a new folk-music film, A Mighty Wind. Guest, who writes his movies with Eugene Levy, reunited with Tap alumni Harry Shearer and Michael McKean as the Folksmen in this film. All four sat with TIME's Richard Corliss and Josh Tyrangiel for a folksy conversation...
...wanted to play music in a movie, and we knew there was no Folksmen movie--that idea doesn't have enough elements in it, obviously. I knew a lot about folk music, and I thought, I don't think this has been covered that often in movies...
...earnestness that this kind of folk music has. Those people took themselves too seriously--way too seriously. And any group of people that takes itself seriously is fodder...
DOES THAT CHORD PROGRESSION WORK AS A FOLK SONG...
...based on the mood of the music.” The soundtrack to Gladiator, he explains, reminds him of a “conquering hero” which encourages him to “drive more aggressively.” Also in his collection: Queer as Folk, Missy Elliot and Fashionweek: Music from the Catwalk, a compilation of tracks used in fashion shows by Prada, Dolce & Gabbana and other top designers...