“Once you’ve seen this film, you’ll never hear Vienna the same way again”: HBO’s new Billy Joel documentary promises to bring a fresh perspective to some of his most famous songs

Billy Joel.

If you’re a Billy Joel fan, it’s unlikely that you’re going to walk away from HBO’s new five-hour documentary about his life without hearing your favourite song, because pretty much all of them are in there.

Speaking to The Guardian, co-director Jessica Levin says of Joel: “He has 121 songs in his catalogue and we used over 110.” Not much has been left on the cutting room floor, then.