People compare the film to This Is Spinal Tap, a mockumentary. Is that good?
I think it’s fantastic. I love it. And we encouraged it in the making of the film. I mean in Spinal Tap they talk about the first song they wrote in a café, deliberately, I shot the scene where they talk about the first film they ever wrote, in a café. I wanted people to understand that we were aware of Spinal Tap and playing on it. In fact for us it was like a Trojan horse, it was our way into the story. The film ultimately has nothing to do with heavy metal and it has nothing to do with Spinal Tap. It’s really much closer to Withnail & I. It’s an enduring story about male friendship and what it takes to endure really tough circumstances. And maybe there’s hope at the end. At the end of Withnail the two friends part, but in this film they never give up. They’re still together forever. It’s really quite magical.
