Not Fade Away

[Kal]

Has anyone seen the trailer for Not Fade Away?

I mean, David Chase? From the Creator of The Sopranos? It's like PTA directing Transformers 5 and the marketing say "From the creator of The Master". This could not be more far away from what I expected from David Chase's first feature film. I know he probably wanted to show he could do something very different from Sopranos, but damn.

Beyond that it doesn't look very good.

[ElPandaRoyal]

Judging from the trailer, I would not want to see this. But David Chase's directorial debut grabs my curiosity, and also the chick from Dark Shadows is soooo good to look at.

[Pedro]

Went to college with one of the actors.  I never cared for him as a person--I wonder if he's any good in this.  It doesn't look that bad. 

[samsong]

this movie is really good.  clear-eyed, elliptical, unsentimental meditation on subjective memories of america in the 60s that i found to be entirely engrossing and emotionally sating.  bella heathcote is as gorgeous an actress as i've seen in quite some time.  y'all should check it out when it gets a wide release, which if the posters at amc are to be believed will be soon.  full disclosure, i've not seen a single episode of the sopranos. 

[Neil]

I picked this up in the redbox a few nights ago and samsong is right, this is a great film. There is no fat in this film. Every scene has so much going, and it deals with a time that we all have an opinion about, so it's a fun in that aspect too.  There are so many little elements that really make this film special. It really nails a lot of aspects about being in a band.  I look forward to watching this again.

It's lit marvelously, and the overall look of the whole film is just beautiful. I wouldn't say it's a simple film, but it has a quality about it that I really enjoy, yet I'm finding difficult to put into words;  I feel like it's very grounded, or very realistic. Had aspects of the Coen's.  Anyway, you folks should definitely check this out.