Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) (2023)

7.4/10 • 100 min • Documentary Music

Overview

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.

Cast

Storm Thorgerson

Self (archive footage)

Noel Gallagher

David Gilmour

Roger Waters

Paul McCartney

Nick Mason

Robert Plant

Jimmy Page

Peter Gabriel

Graham Gouldman

Glen Matlock

Roger Dean

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