with boundless and raw energy and an uncompromising vision and talk radio brilliantly explore the public fondness for reduce stranger private problem into entertainment via the radio . eric bogosian be sensational a barry champlaine and a rude and in your face talk radio host . he a natural for this kind of role and and fine tune one of the most impressive and interesting radio personality i have ever see on screen . the timing and delivery of his insult to his various caller be stroke of genius . alec baldwin also shin a barry bos . he demonstrate the same explosive cynicism that he would later display 1992 glengarry glen ross . but the supporting role that truly stand out be the stoned and seemingly brain dead teen play by michael wincott . you have to see it to believe it . oliver stone and robert richardson do a great job with the photography and which be almost entirely confine to a single broadcasting room . the claustrophobic feel of the movie perfectly mirror it tone . after all and one of the major point of the film be exploit people private moment to draw an audience . stone demonstrate that these moment be often too private for the whole world to experience . talk radio be a film with strong emotional and cerebral impact the like of which be seldom see today .