Squaring the Circle: The Story of Hipgnosis
- 2022
- 1h 41m
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7.7/10
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The story of the album art design studio, Hipgnosis, who created some of the most iconic album covers of all time.The story of the album art design studio, Hipgnosis, who created some of the most iconic album covers of all time.The story of the album art design studio, Hipgnosis, who created some of the most iconic album covers of all time.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
Storm Thorgerson
- Self
- (archive footage)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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- TriviaIn a 2023 interview with New Music Express, Anton Corbijn spoke about why he made the film black-and-white, with the exception of the album covers: "It started off in color and then I realized that the quality of all the archival footage was not really how I would have liked to have shot it because you have no control over that. A way to use it well would be to bring everything as a uniform look and that was in black and white. And then make the album sleeves the highlight of your day when you look at those. That worked really, really well."
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Storm Thorgerson: I'm described by some as difficult to work with, by others as a ponce, by some as a narcissist with an ego the size a small planet, by some as really awkward, argumentative, by others yet as grumpy. Very few as handsome and sexy, which of course is the way I see myself.
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Art, from a bygone & powerful era.
A huge part of my childhood and most people from my generation, growing up in the 60's & 70's, was staring at album covers, reading every word of the liner notes just visually ingesting art, for art's sake. This documentary gives us a glorious, backstage, pass to the inner workings of some of the biggest bands of the era. Hearing Noel Gallagher detail about how his daughter didn't understand that album artwork was a thing was absolutely heartbreaking. We would literally just stare at the album cover while listening to the album much like we sat at the breakfast table and stared at the cereal box and read every word on the front and back and sides when we were eating cereal in the mornings. It just brought back so many great memories and the thrill of physically holding an album the smell of the album cover You felt going through the motions of opening the sleeve, putting the album on the turntable and then sitting back and waiting to hear something you've never heard. It really was a beautiful time to be a music and art lover. This gargantuan outlet for artists is now, as Noel said, just a tiny square, on iTunes.
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- Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
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- Gross US & Canada
- $111,589
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,346
- Jun 11, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $253,782
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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