Billy Joel will be “good” in the middle of the cerebral disorder, say Doc filmmakers
The Tribeca 2025 festival started with the world premiere of the HBO documentary Billy Joel: And that’s okayBut his subject could not attend the celebration.
Joel announced last week that he had received a diagnosis of brain disorder to hydrocephalus from normal pressure (NPH), the lover to cancel his upcoming concerts and to encourage fans.
In accordance with this accent on recovery, Joel was not at hand for the celebration of the opening evening of the Tribeca Festival, but the directors and producers of the film in two parts, echoing the comments made yesterday with the friend of Joel Howard Stern, said that there was no reason to be too concerned about the “Piano Man” interpreter.
“He will be fine,” said co -director Susan Lacy The Hollywood Reporter Before Wednesday evening screening. “He just needs to recover. He needs to do physiotherapy, which he does – the doctors told him yesterday that he will be fine.”
Lacy and co -director Jessica Levin added: “He will be back”, sharing a message from the interpreter in their opening remarks in which he shed light on his state, showing his sense of humor is always intact.
“Make the Vieur, but it is always better to be cremated,” said Joel via a Lu Lacy’s message on stage.
Longtime lighting director of Joel and And it’s okay Executive producer Steve Cohen shared that he had spoken to him that day.
“He is fine. He works on his healing and his recovery,” said Cohen THR Before the first on Wednesday evening. “He is brilliant; He is happy; He is delighted for us. He called me and said to me, “I’m so proud of the work you have done. I did not expect the day, he is my best friend and I do not give shit on anything, except that he is healthy and enjoying this part of his life.
However, the team behind the film said it was “soft-amer” that they did it first without him.
“We wanted him to be here and hoped he would be here, and he wanted to be here,” said Lacy.
Producer Emma Pills added: “It’s difficult, but that’s what our body does to us. But it is a celebration of him and his artistic talent and everything he did. And we just want him to have been able to share this with us and be here with us. ”
Although Joel did not succeed in Uptown for the first at the Beacon Theater in New York, the event brought together stars such as Whoopi Goldberg, Mariska Hargitay, Mira Sorvino and Tom Hanks, who produces the frame And it’s okay With his game partner Gary Goetzman.
And the co-founders of Tribeca, Robert de Niro and Jane Rosenthal, were on site for the opening evening gala, even reciting certain lines of Joel’s tubes like “Movin ‘Out”, “Only the Good Die Young”, “New York State of Mind” and “You Menter Be Right” during their opening remarks.
In a press release where Joel’s brain disorder was announced, from Niro and Rosenthal shared their “love and their full support” for the musician, wishing him a “healthy recovery”.
“Our hearts are with Billy Joel and his family after the announcement of today. As a New York Icône and world music legend, he deeply shaped the cultural fabric of this city and touched the public of the whole world. We send our love and our full support and wish him a healthy strength and recovery,” said the couple at the time. “We are deeply honored that the opening evening of this year celebrates its remarkable heritage and its lasting influence on the cultural landscape of New York. This is the ideal moment to recognize a creative force whose work reflects the very soul of our city – and the heart of Tribeca. ”
But only the first part of the two partly And it’s okay Wednesday evening, the two payments will be presented at first on HBO and Max this summer.
