Made for C4’s flagship science series Equinox, Taghi Amirani’s first film for television is about the extraterrestrial lives of British amateur astronomers. A science documentary with a warm heart.
"It's Taghi Amirani's first film and a beauty of its quiet kind" Hugh Hebert The Guardian
"An eccentric, entrancing, heart-warming film” Elaine Patterson Time Out "Wonderfully buoyant, utterly entrancing. See it.” John Lyttle City Limits "…while the overall effect is similar to that of a formal exercise in surrealism by Peter Greenaway the star watchers themselves are presented with respect and affection." Anne Billson The Times "...a delightful and, in its way quite moving documentary” Geoffrey Phillips Evening Standard "It's rare for television cameras to capture such ingenuousness.” Jasper Rees The Times
Earth Calling Basingstoke
Equinox for Channel 4/Uden Associates
Producer Director: Taghi Amirani
Camera: Chris Morphet
Sound: Keith Desmond
Music: Steve French
Researcher: Fiona Reid
Editor: Gary Burczak
Executive Producer: Patrick Uden
50'
1989