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
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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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I wasn't sure I could watch 101 minutes of this but it went by quickly. I could've watched another couple hours with these stories, although not likely in one sitting.
I laughed multiple times at the anecdotes about Storm's personality. It was great to see them told by people, musicians and friends, with firsthand knowledge and not just by fans. It was very well done.
I appreciate the work of Hipgnosis, and have been familiar with them for many years, although I prefer the work done by Peter Saville more.
Storm did design the cover for one of my all time favorite albums though, the Catherine Wheel's Chrome, from 1993.
I laughed multiple times at the anecdotes about Storm's personality. It was great to see them told by people, musicians and friends, with firsthand knowledge and not just by fans. It was very well done.
I appreciate the work of Hipgnosis, and have been familiar with them for many years, although I prefer the work done by Peter Saville more.
Storm did design the cover for one of my all time favorite albums though, the Catherine Wheel's Chrome, from 1993.
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- Dec 11, 2023
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- Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $111,589
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $9,346
- Jun 11, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $255,948
- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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