This movie looks very, very interesting, particularly to those of us in the hi-fi generation, the group for whom music had a primary aesthetic, expressional and unifying place in our lives: those of us who grew up before the internet.
The Music Never Stopped opened this week and a glowing review in the Salt Lake City Weekly describes it thusly:
There are many things that could have derailed The Music Never Stopped. Only because it avoided nearly all of them is the film able to focus on a surprisingly touching relationship.
Based on a true-life case study by neurologist/author Oliver Sacks (Awakenings), the film tells the story of a suburban New York couple, Henry (J.K. Simmons) and Helen Sawyer (Cara Seymour), who reconnect with their 30-something son, Gabriel (Lou Taylor Pucci), in 1986, after nearly 20 years estranged. The complication: Gabriel has been affected since 1970 by a benign but severe brain tumor that essentially froze his ability to make new memories. And for the most part, his interactions with other people have become blank and emotionless.
Gabriel is attended by a music therapist (Julia Ormond) once it becomes clear that Gabriel’s beloved ’60s counterculture tunes—particularly those by The Grateful Dead—revive his personality… – Complete review is here.
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