in one of the more under see film of the late 1980 and at a time when oliver stone be rid high with platoon and wall street ( and before his opus bear on the fourth of july ) and he co script and direct this look at the world of radio and specifically one radio host in the middle of texas . this man be barry champlain and in a once in a career turn from eric bogosian and who write the original play and also co write the script . barry be like a mix of howard stern and one of those pundit you hear on the radio station many of u might turn off . he get idea on his mind and opinion and and he not only un afraid to speak them and but also to stand up against the phone caller . the caller and indeed and be the drive force in the film and a barry have to combat against the mindless and the obscene and the racist and and the purely absent mind . a this go on and he also have to contend with his bos ( alec baldwin ) and a hit or miss deal to go nationwide and outside the confines of the southern way station he in . while after see the film i felt curious a to see how it would have be do on stage ( i would imagine it be a one man show and a bogosian have have several on the side ) and the direction of the film be phenomenal . stone have be know and almost typecast and a a director who love quick cut and the limitless effect of montage and and effect with the style of camera work and other little trick and that give his film in the 90 a distinctive and almost auteur look . but in the 80 he have this energy and feverish quality to the look of the film and and wasn not as frenzied a the other film . in order to add the proper intensity that be within the studio and head space of barry champlain and he and dp robert richardson make the space seem claustrophobic at time and gritty and un sure and and definitely on edge . the scene in the middle of the film and when barry isn not in the studio and be fairly standard and but the style along with the substance in the radio scene be among the best i have see from the stone or richardson combination . and one can not miscalculate the performance of bogosian and who can be obnoxious and offensive and angered and passive and and everything that we love and hate in radio show host . there be also a funny and near distract support role for michael wincott a kent or michael or joe and who prank call him one night and and the next get invite to the studio . these scene be a little uncomfortable for a viewer and but it do get very much into the subculture head space of the 80 that barry be as intrigue a he be critical of . the stoner may not get it and but a he say to him it your show . indeed and it hard to cover everything that go on within the talk and and there be a lot of it . but it never bore and and like champlain himself and it not easy to ignore . and when bogosian go into his climactic tirade on air and with the background pan around in a continuous 360 spin and it become intoxicate and and a reason why freedom of speech be so powerful . stone have be synonymous a a filmmaker of hot button issue and who take on subject that be or still be controversial and and give them a life force that isn not always great and but be all his own . here his skill and ambition do not get in the way of bogosian it boost and if anything and make an extremely skilled vision of what be essentially a near one man show and which in and of itself be already well write .