Film at The Poly: Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis) (15)

The Poly - Sat 30th September 8pm - click here to book

Tickets: £7.50/£6/£5.50 (plus a £1 Poly Fund payment added to each ticket sold)

Dir. Anton Corbijn | 2023 | 101 mins 

Originating in the vibrant atmosphere of 1960s Cambridge, Hipgnosis - a renewed album art design studio - ascended to rock royalty during the flourishing 1970s. Storm Thorgerson and Aubrey “Po” Powell conjured visual spectacles that defied imagination, propelling fringe music genres into the mainstream. Unlike record companies at the time, they had the creative freedom to shape the LP covers for legendary acts like Pink Floyd, Peter Gabriel, Led Zeppelin, and Paul McCartney.

"SQUARING THE CIRCLE" features exclusive interviews with influential artists including Roger Waters, David Gilmour, and Nick Mason of Pink Floyd, Jimmy Page and Robert Plant of Led Zeppelin, Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, Graham Gouldman of 10cc, Noel Gallagher, and many other notable figures. Through their firsthand accounts, the documentary offers an intimate exploration of the maddest, funniest, and most creative era in popular music.