Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
Film details
| Film Title | Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 100mins |
| Year | 2023 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Director | Anton Corbijn |
| Actors | Noel Gallagher, Paul McCartney, Roger Waters, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Peter Gabriel, David Gilmour |
| Language | English / Gallagherish |
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In 1968, art students Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell made a trippy photo collage for their musician friends Syd, David and Roger. The resulting album and album cover, A Saucerful of Secrets, helped launch two careers: that of Pink Floyd, one of the 70s megabands, and of Hipgnosis, which, over the course of the next 25 years, designed a stream of iconic album covers.
A fascinating and suitably maverick snapshot of a richly creative moment in music history, told through a couple of disreputable hippies who designed some of the most iconic album covers of all time.
★★★★
What Corbijn lacks in filmmaking panache here he makes up with strong journalistic chops: These interviews are great.
★★★★
