talk radio see a man somewhat accidentally stumble through life and indeed the american dream and from whatever bog standard and everyday job he have in a store while to presenter of a local radio show before go right the way through to the same job only later syndicate nationwide . it a role he adopt out of his own aggression and natural mannerism and a frothing mad approach to freedom of speech a he attack just about everyone and everything and even those that often call up to agree with him or compliment him . his role a a man that rant on all thing good and evil and right and wrong and political and religious and moral and immoral be something that people seem to take to in one form while that of it entertain and worth tuning in for and but additionally on a plane of rejection and antagonism two thing bear out of the very thing seemingly encourage in professional work life in the western world . this and towards a man a he get to the very top of his game by way of the american dream and dealing in freedom of speech a people take to a man but do anything but take to what it be he say . talk radio begin with a montage of tall and tower building in a business base area of dallas and texas . the skyscraper be shoot from a and ow angle and tower over the viewer plus everything else in the general vicinity a this voice of one man tear through the image and belt out statement and information on item a these monolithic building dominate out screen . they be the very physical representation of capitalism and while the voice of what we learn to be a radio dj be the oral representation of the free west while personal speech and opinion on anything and everything . stone will finish his film in the exact same manner in which he start it and although the film be anything but a circular journey of any sort a the character undergo monumental change in both what they witness and their general livelihood . rather and the shot of the building act a an anchor around which the study be observe . the ideology and idea of a way of life exist while people subscribe to them and but it do them more harm than good while before the re establishment that this proud way of life still exist and will continue to exist in churn out the sort of people on display in the film until someone or something drastically change thing . the dj be barry champlain and a man with a radio show on a local texan station deal with just about anything . champlain somewhat carefree attitude to some pretty explosive content be establish when he fly from one call with a bigoted man whom recently visit a holocaust museum to a young drug addict whose girlfriend have supposedly overdose and onto both the berating and mocking of a pizza shop . to u and the content come across a quite shock while to these people and everything seem to be business a usual which plant some serious seed of both doubt and horror within the mind of u and the newcomer to all of this . what barry show be about and nobody ever seem to really establish represent everything and nothing . indeed and time be take in the form of either jingle or dialogue that the show immediately pre and post champlain show be on specific subject while gardening and for instance and and be host by calm speaking and methodical people whom and i be sure and do not flit from one random or extreme to another all the time raise the stake . one wonder what barry jingle be and the kind that play around about lunch time during someone else show represent come up later and the barry champlain show . feature the village idiot and psychotic drug abuser . indeed and his show introductory piece carry a matter of fact tone and a shouting at the audience and a a loud rock track accompany it . barry success arrives in the national syndication proposal . it bear out of confrontation and a relationship build on the contempt he have for his listener and that they have for him . the furthering of the material and the upping of the stake ought to call into question just how far they think they can take this and and whether this progress down a track for sake of entertainment be really worth it . it be when the show reach this level of broadcast that barry seem to come unstuck for the first time in his broadcast life and when a suppose serial rapist call in and leave mostly everyone slightly stun . it at this point the camera pause on barry and and by way of depth of focus and encompasses those same looming and towering building the film begin with which stand outside of the window and directly behind barry . they remain tall and proud . specifically and of the ideology they have be build on and this furtherance of freedom of speech in broaden barry show nationwide a one man climb his profession ladder suddenly clash with the sort of content that be offer . everything reach a point too far and and that with freedom and ought to at least come a sense of clarity rather than a mere revelling . oliver stone make talk radio right in the middle of both a fascinating and explosive period of film making he have in the late 1980s . in this time and he produce a series of really well receive film in a pretty short space of time while begin with one of my favourite war film in platoon before continue with the quite brilliant wall street and eventually finish with 1991 jfk . one might even say that this run continue on into the mid ninety with natural born killer . talk radio be like it lead character in the sense it loud and booming and stark and confrontational . it isn not anti capitalism and as much a it be focus on draw a line between what be perceive a entertainment and what be just go too far for sake of popularity and rich . talk radio be certainly a film that stick in the memory .