Rock soap opera is filled with well-worn cliches

By McClatchy News Services

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Jan 04, 2013

~~<p>All those years David Chase was getting rich off his mob soap opera, "The Sopranos," what he REALLY wanted to do was "get the band back together."</p>
<p>"Not Fade Away," his big-screen writing and directing debut, is the cinematic equivalent of a "memory play," an impressionistic recollection of the '60s, what it was like to discover rock 'n' roll, to emulate your rock heroes, to embrace weed, grow your hair and infuriate your parents with your college-bred concern for civil rights, the Vietnam War and pursuit of dreams over career.</p>
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All those years David Chase was getting rich off his mob soap opera, "The Sopranos," what he REALLY wanted to do was "get the band back together."

"Not Fade Away," his big-screen writing and directing debut, is the cinematic equivalent of a "memory play," an impressionistic recollection of the '60s, what it was like to discover rock 'n' roll, to emulate your rock heroes, to embrace weed, grow your hair and infuriate your parents with your college-bred concern for civil rights, the Vietnam War and pursuit of dreams over career. ‘NOT FADE AWAY' Login for more...