I interviewed Rob Reiner twice in the last six months, both times about “Spinal Tap” — once solo and once with Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, his longtime friends and the actors/bandmembers in the film. While both of those interviews are excellent, funny and essential for fans of the film — their chemistry and occasional crankiness as septuagenarian-plus friends is palpable — it was a brief conversation we had before the solo interview that has resonated, even prior to his and his wife’s shocking deaths last week.
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