Not Fade Away is a pleasant enough coming of age story by The Sopranos creator David Chase and rocker Steven Van Zandt. It centers around the life of a 16-year-old’s garage band from 1963 through 1966. As you would expect from Chase, the movie absolutely nails the look and feel of each year of the dynamic period – a treat for Boomers. The protagonist’s generation gap with his father (James Gandolfini) climaxes in a poignant encounter in which the dad reveals a secret to his son – the only way he can find to forge a bond. Van Zandt wrote songs for the band, along with a hilarious advertising jingle for a medical supply company. But, other than that, it’s a fairly unremarkable film.
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