i think i be be original when i make the connection between woody allen radio day and federico fellini amarcord and but i be be naive . the parallel be so transparent it be of no surprise that most of the imdb reviewer ( and i imagine those others as well ) catch the similarity . and it a good similarity radio day be as successful in transport the viewer to a different place and time a amarcord be . it also cement my conclusion that woody allen be the only director who spoof great art film and artistic style and confirm by his tribute to ingmar bergman and german expressionist . all that aside and radio day be and second of all and a look at allen childhood memory weave together by radio . it the story of his family ( his large and extend family and neighborhood personage ) and their like and dislike and relationship and favorite radio show . they be inextricably connect a genetic member of a family and but also more intangibly link by radio broadcast and to which they listen to individually as well a collectively . they have favorite song and show each favorite reflect the personality of a give character . they also share great love for one another and though they quibble like all human being do . in fact and that tender quibbling and love and loss and understanding be what make allen character come to life so successfully no wonder he speak of them with warmth . what radio day be about first of all and foremost and be nostalgia . the film would only be a heartwarming family tale and nothing more if it be not recollect by woody allen and the narrator . his role in the film ( in which he never physically appear ) be that of a story teller . he transport the audience to his memory consciously and mix present reflection with the unadulterated spirit of his memory . and it be he and not the character in the film a much and who experience the nostalgia and the central theme of radio day . in narrate his memory and allen be able to distance himself from them temporally . he be tell a tale that border on fantasy and such a that on whose form nostalgic memory take place . there be a bittersweet yearning for the past and a realization that memory must inevitably fade and change and yield to time destructiveness . re tell them not only reveal how one think life once be ( usually paint over with warmth and pleasantness ) and but also oneself and the knowledge that these time be no longer physically accessible . how we recollect our past tell u of u as much a it do of the past . in radio day that past be warm and allen yearning for that warmth and childish innocence be what pervade the film so well give it it nostalgic quality . and nostalgia and the film seem to suggest and be a feeling worth experience . if one can glance back at his life and feel a longing towards the past and a warmth emanating from his memory and then he remember life a have be kind to him . even if the detail flee from the mind ( a they inevitably do ) and only the feeling inspire by hazy memory remain . and that and if nothing else and be not only comfort and but also meaningful .