God Bless OZZY OSBOURNE director and "lifetime Sabbath fan" Mike Fleiss spoke to Entertainment Weekly recently about the film which recently screened at the Tribeca Film Festival. Here are a few excerpts from the chat:

Entertainment Weekly: It is often quite a melancholic film, which I think might surprise people.

Fleiss: "Yeah. Ozzy’s life is not all glamor and sold-out concerts and the rock star existence. He’s lived a fucking hard, sometimes terrible existence. And the fact that he’s still doing it, still up there rocking, it’s a miracle. One of my favorite pieces in the movie is when the newscaster says, 'How is Ozzy Osbourne still alive?' To me, that’s sort of the thesis of the whole movie in a weird way. It’s like, 'How is he still alive?'”

Entertainment Weekly: Do you have any theories about that?

Fleiss: "Sharon saved his life, clearly. And I think he’s just one of those rugged British gentlemen, you know. He’s got a hell of a constitution. You can’t really fucking him up too bad. The fact that he can still go out and play two-hour rock concerts is incredible. I mean, I still play in a band and when we play a 45-minute set I’m exhausted the next day, I can’t really go into work, I’m tired, I’ve got to sleep in. I feel terrible! And there’s this 62-year-old man out there, jumping around, doing his little frog dance, and singing these incredibly challenging vocal lines for nearly two hours. I’ve got the utmost respect for him."

Entertainment Weekly: What’s the plan with the film now?

Fleiss: "It’ll get a theatrical release. It’s going to have a good life. We’re negotiating with a bunch of people right now."

Read the entire interview and view an exclusive clip from God Bless Ozzy Osbourne here (scroll down).