Billy Joel, And So It Goes and HBO
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At one point, [Billy] said to me, 'You going deep?' And I said, ‘Yeah, and you know you’re going to go deep too,'" the film’s co-director Susan Lacy says.
The result is an expansive examination of the man and his art - a career that includes six Grammys, a Tony, and enshrinement in both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame - covering five hours and featuring 110 of Joel's 121 songs. And that's the trimmed-down version. "It was much longer," Lacy says.
He didn’t see the film until it was finished, so he stuck by that, and we took that as permission to tell the real story about Billy Joel.”
In a revealing podcast interview, Joel discusses his balance problems and brain disorder diagnosis with Bill Maher, sharing personal insights.
Joel, 76, canceled all his upcoming shows in May after he was diagnosed with a brain disorder called normal pressure hydrocephalus.