The nine-hour Prince documentary we’ll probably never see
American musician Prince on the cover of his 1993 album The Hits /The B-Sides
Photo: Paisley Park; Warner Bros
Who was the mysterious artist known, among other things, as Prince?
Last year, an epic Netflix documentary was blocked by the late musician's estate for its too-negative take on this question.
As a fan himself, Prince biographer Matt Thorne is "torn" about never getting to see the film and also sympathetic towards efforts to protect the musician's image.
"There are fans who just want to see it because it's like, 'Great, nine hours of Prince.' There are fans who desperately don't want it to be released because they don't want the general public to have a negative view of Prince."
In the meantime, he says, the wildly prolific songwriter revealed a lot about himself in his song ly...










