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Storm Thorgerson documentary East Coast premiere

Posted January 28, 2012 by Floydian Slip

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Roddy Bogawa‘s documentary about Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson will have its East Coast premiere next month at New York Museum of the Modern Art (MoMA).

The feature-length film, “Taken by Storm,” will be featured as part of MoMA’s two-week-long “International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media,” beginning Feb. 16.

“Taken by Storm” debuted in March 2011 at the South by Southwest (SxSW) festival.

“Hoping that this screening will give the film a big push along to its distribution life — more screenings, perhaps theatrical release, DVDs and streaming,” Bogawa says.


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Storm Thorgerson documentary premieres next month

Posted February 15, 2011 by Floydian Slip

storm_ss“Taken by Storm,” a new feature-length documentary film about prolific Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson (pictured), will premiere at the South by Southwest (SxSW) festival next month.

The film will be shown three or four times during the festival, which runs March 11-20 in Austin, Texas.

According to the film’s director, Roddy Bogawa, Thorgerson is expected to attend most of the festival.

Bogawa reports Pink Floyd and EMI have been very supportive in the making of the film. “They’ve given me permission to use a one-minute clip from a helicopter shot over the beach at Devon where Storm shot ‘A Momentary Lapse of Reason’,” he says. “No one has ever seen this footage, I think, and it’s really amazing.

“Storm and Pink Floyd have done so much together it’s a big chunk of the film,” he adds. “There are sequences about ‘Atom Heart Mother,’ ‘Wish You Were Here,’ of course, ‘Dark Side of the Moon’ and ‘A Momentary Lapse of Reason,’ with footage from my interviews with David Gilmour and Nick Mason.”

Learn more about SxSW at the festival Web site.


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“Wall”-related film underway

Posted November 28, 2010 by Floydian Slip

harriesThe Islington Green Schoolchildren who sang on the Pink Floyd hit “Another Brick in the Wall” and their teacher are to be the subjects of a new feature film.

Producer Andy Harries (pictured) (“The Queen,” “The Damned United”) is said to be working with writer Steve Thompson on the project for Left Bank and BBC Films.

The movie will tell the true story of Alan Renshaw who worked as a music teacher at the north London public school. When, under his tutelage, the kids provide the chorus for that somewhat rebellious Floyd hit — now that we think of it, the only lyrics in that song are the chorus! — Renshaw loses his job. (He had transported the kids to the band’s Britannia Row studios for the session without permission of head teacher Margaret Maden.)

One sticking point: Though the producer has secured the rights to Renshaw’s story, he hasn’t obtained the green light to use the song. With the children’s participation somewhat contentious — in 2004 a group of the now-grown kids with assistance from music royalties expert Peter Rowan sued claiming they hadn’t been properly compensated 30 years ago — that could be quite a stumbling block.

Our fingers are crossed for what could be a very interesting Floyd-related film.


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David Gilmour photos from this weekend’s show

Posted June 20, 2010 by Floydian Slip

Here are some exclusive stills to accompany the David Gilmour interview we aired as part of this weekend’s Floydian Slip #741.

Thanks to filmmaker Roddy Bogawa who supplied the clip and photos from his upcoming documentary on Storm Thorgerson called “Taken by Storm.”

Learn more about the film.

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Floydian filmmaker seeks funding

Posted June 10, 2010 by Floydian Slip

storm thorgersonA new feature-length documentary film about long-time Pink Floyd sleeve designer Storm Thorgerson is nearly complete, and the filmmaker is looking for funding.

New York filmmaker Roddy Bogawa is the man behind “Taken by Storm,” a 90-minute film looking at the prolific career of Thorgerson, who helped create nearly every Floyd album cover, as well as countless iconic covers from some of the world’s biggest bands.

Floyd’s David Gilmour and Nick Mason are two of many musicians who appear in the film, along with photographers, illustrators and assistants who’ve helped execute the work from the days of Thorgerson’s early studio Hipgnosis to his new company, StormStudios.

Thorgerson has granted Bogawa access to his personal archives so the film promises a bevy of never-before-seen workparts.

Bogawa has established a page at Kickstarter to raise money to complete his project. Pledge amounts as low as $25 can get you some swag in return. If you have larger amounts to spend, some of the rewards are quite impressive. (Ever fancied yourself an Associate Producer? With $3,500, consider it done.)

Visit “Taken by Storm” at Kickstarter or visit the film’s official site.


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