As Hipgnosis, the pair were responsible for some of the most recognizable album covers of all time, including Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon, Paul McCartney and Wings’ Band on the Run, and Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy, all three of which celebrate their 50th anniversaries this year. A Raindog Films Production, written by Trish D Chetty who also produced the film together with Ged Doherty and Colin Firth, SQUARING THE CIRCLE tells the story of the world’s most sought-after album design team, who manifested innumerable quintessential album covers in the 1970s for artists including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Wings, Black Sabbath, and AC/DC.Ĭorbijn previously directed Control, the acclaimed biopic of Joy Division’s Ian Curtis, A Most Wanted Man starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, The American starring George Clooney, Life starring Robert Pattinson, and iconic music videos for The Killers, Joy Division, U2, Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Arcade Fire, Depeche Mode, and Coldplay, among many others.įeaturing brand new interviews and never seen before footage with artists including Paul McCartney, Pink Floyd’s Roger Waters, David Gilmour, and Nick Mason, Led Zeppelin’s Robert Plant and Jimmy Page, Peter Gabriel, 10cc’s Graham Gouldman, and Oasis’ Noel Gallagher, the film has been praised as “A delightful doc full of great stories” (Variety), “So much fun A highly watchable good time” (IndieWire), and “A treat for anyone with a taste for rock, for rock imagery and for the glories that can be found in that piece of cardboard wrapped around a record” (TheWrap).Ĭelebrated filmmaker, photographer, and creative director Anton Corbijn’s first feature documentary SQUARING THE CIRCLE (THE STORY OF HIPGNOSIS) tells the story of Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell, the creative geniuses behind the iconic album art design studio, Hipgnosis. SQUARING THE CIRCLE (THE STORY OF HIPGNOSIS), which explores the rich legacy of Hipgnosis the legendary music art design studio, had its 2023 Sundance Film Festival London and has received rave reviews from The Guardian (4 stars) UNCUT (4 stars) Rolling Stone UK (4 stars) and Why Now (4 stars).
Anton Corbijn’s first feature documentary SQUARING THE CIRCLE (THE STORY OF HIPGNOSIS), about the famed art design studio behind album art from Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin, is now in UK wide cinemas and available on demand.
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