Alex Gibney on His Paul Simon Film and the Future of Doc Distribution: ‘It Would Be Grim If There Was Just One or Two Streamers and Nothing Else’

explores the singer-songwriter’s six-decade career. The Oscar winning director also captures Simon creating his latest album, “Seven Psalms,” which he made while losing hearing in his left ear. Although Gibney is mostly recognized for his rigorously researched investigative exposes , he is also skilled in creating portraits of cultural icons like Simon.

Docus about famous musicians are complicated for many reasons, one being all of the music rights involved. What was that process like for you on this doc? It was complicated. Paul controls all his publishing, or did. He has since sold it. . We had a deal in place, and that seemed fair enough. In other words, as part of the arrangement, the project agreed to pay a certain amount of dough for licensing his music. So that’s how we got it done, and we agreed on that deal in advance .We are but with some consciousness.

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