Date

Aug 18 - 31 2023
Expired!

SQUARING THE CIRCLE

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 responsible for some of the most recognizable album covers of all time.

SYNOPSIS

Celebrated photographer, creative director and filmmaker 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, responsible for some of the most recognizable album covers of all time. They formed Hipgnosis in Cambridge during the ferment of the sixties and became rock royalty during the boom time of the seventies. They conjured into existence sights that no one had previously thought possible, produced visuals which popularized music that had previously been considered fringe, and were at the white-hot center of the maddest, funniest and most creative era in the history of popular music. During this period, record companies didn’t dictate to acts like Peter Gabriel, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Paul McCartney what their LP covers should look like — Storm and Po did. They made money; they lost money. They did great things; they did silly things. They fell out bitterly; they made up. They never played a note, but they changed music.

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Director

Anton Corbijin

WITH

Roger Waters, David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, Paul McCartney

Run Time

1 hour, 41 minutes

Released

June 7, 2023

Distributed by

Utopia

HEARING AND VISUAL ASSISTANCE

Assisted Listening
Additional assistance options TBA

Country

United Kingdom

SUBTITLES

None

NOT RATED

Many of the films shown at The Ross are not rated due to the prohibitive cost of acquiring a rating from the Motion Picture Association of America. Consequently, as many of these films contain graphic content, viewer discretion is advised.

SHOWINGS

AUG 18 | FRI

5:05, 7:15, 9:25 p.m.

AUG 19 | SAT

12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:15, 9:25 p.m.

AUG 20 | SUN

2:55, 5:05, 7:15 p.m.

AUG 21 | MON

5:05, 7:15 p.m.

AUG 22 | TUE

5:05, 7:15 p.m.

AUG 23 | WED

5:05, 7:15 p.m.

AUG 24 | THU

5:05, 7:15, 9:25 p.m.

AUG 25 | FRI

5:05, 7:15, 9:25 p.m.

AUG 26 | SAT

12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:15, 9:25 p.m.

AUG 27 | SUN

12:45, 5:05, 7:15 p.m.

AUG 28 | MON

5:05, 7:15 p.m.

AUG 29 | TUE

5:05, 7:15 p.m.

AUG 30 | WED

CLOSED FOR UNL VOLLEYBALL DAY

AUG 31 | THU

5:05, 7:15, 9:25 p.m.
REVIEWS

Squaring the Circle is catnip for a music lover of a certain age with a treasured cache.”

Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

“Before the heartbreak, there are outlandish and often funny stories about iconic album covers.”

Glenn Kenny

RogerEbert.com

“Corbijn has an obsessive eye, and it suits the detail-crazy methods of Powell and Thorgerson.”

Antony Lan

New Yorker

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