NOT FADE AWAY

A wonderful trip back to the 60's with absolutely great music from the Rolling Stones, Bo Diddley, Mother Earth (killer song - Down so Low), Beatles, Procol Harem; just to name a few.

I thought the film was going to be about the formation and tribulations and trials of a rock n' roll band started by high school friends and it was - but only in part. It was mainly a nostalgic ride to the decade of free love and hippies and Martin Luther King, Jr. and freedom marches and LSD and long hair and rebellion against all forms of authority and guru's and the Tibetan Book of the Dead. But also about the fractious and very often unpleasant  relationship between parents and their children; the struggle between one generation and a totally different one without identification points for the mom and dad. and of course, this split and lack of understanding was exemplified and highlighted by the emergence of rock n' roll.

I gave it a 7 and Bill gave it an 8. Its a shame that no publicity preceded this movie because a lot of people will miss out on an entertaining film.