Talk Radio (1988)
A rude, contemptuous talk show host becomes overwhelmed by the hatred that surrounds his program just before it goes national. (imdb)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Directed By: Oliver Stone
Written By: Eric Bogosian, Oliver Stone, Stephen Singular, Tad Savinar
Starring: Michael Wincott, Alec Baldwin, John C. McGinley, Eric Bogosian, John Pankow, Ellen Greene, Leslie Hope, Park Overall
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Talk Radio belongs to 10 collections
1. Netflix Instant (public: moderated by somnivore - 28 stars)
2. Adapted from a play/based on a play (public: moderated by djross - 13 stars)
3. Moviedrome: Alex Cox (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer)
4. Photographed by Robert Richardson (public: moderated by iconogassed)
5. 1988: Year in Review (private: polanski28)
6. 3: High Priority (private: KasperL)
7. AA - Reserved: Far (private: KasperL)
8. Bajar (private: escarta)
9. Movies to See: Oliver Stone (private: Lord Moe)
10. HDD 151029 (private: caffe)
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So close to being a pure masterpiece. Held back only by the inexplicable inclusion of a lengthy, visually ugly, wholly unnecessary flashback sequence, which brings the movie to a complete halt for 20ish minutes right in the middle of it. Considering the many good choices Stone makes here, that sequence is just truly baffling (even more so since the play version it's based on wisely never leaves the radio station setting). Other than that I loved it.
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| Apr 13, 2018 | kjones77 | 70 41% |
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| Apr 07, 2018 | cubswin2017 | 91 80% |
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Filligan | 81 45% |
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This is very much a film adapted from the stage. Stone does what he can where he can with the script to remind us this is a film and can break the limitations of the stage, but it still feels contained in a simplistic way. Structurally, there's not much exciting here, including Bogosian's yawn-inducing romantic interest with his ex-wife. Dialogue is where this film shines. It still feels stark and shocking thirty years later, and Bogosian is full game for it.
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| Mar 12, 2018 |  |
WWallce4prez | 81 76% |
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Stone's follow up to an incredibly productive 1986 and 1987 is a restrained, even when loud, satire on entertainment and the freedom of speech. Everything inside the studio is fantastic, with its frantic and claustrophobic blocking. A lengthy flashback is odd and unnecessary in an otherwise great film.
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| Mar 11, 2018 | WmvWisdom | 79 51% |
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| Feb 11, 2018 | davidjn | 80 93% |
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Cotote2018 | 68 32% |
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feublo | 70 33% |
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Eric B is so obnoxious and entertaining but the story felt fabricated and barely touched on the topics it raised throughout the screenplay.
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| Jan 13, 2018 | ZONE | 70 29% |
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RadioFreeLee | 65 38% |
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| Jun 05, 2017 | kharms | 92 97% |
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SirStuckey | 70 56% |
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Bogosian is quite good. Everything not involving when he was on air felt out of place and a true step down. Like many movies made from plays the dialogue feels a bit over-the-top but because of the nature of actual talk radio often feeling the same way it didn't bother me as much as a lot of the others.
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| May 31, 2017 | kombelpeter | 84 68% |
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110 min of (self) hatred.
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I am prowler | 72 90% |
| Jan 09, 2017 | leemarvins | 83 78% |
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As others have noted, Bogosian is the glue that holds the film together, with a fantastic performance. However, the film never really sheds it's stage play roots, which makes everything not inside the radio station seem superfluous, and even some of the stuff inside it feels like Oliver Stone using his characters as mouthpieces, rather than dialogue coming naturally from their personalities. By the end the movie feels a little too obvious and a little too aimless.
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I can't even remember the last time i stumbled naturally onto a talk radio program while futzing around but I can tell you every time I did I left gaining nothing important. I'm so used to fat Alec Baldwin now when I see the thinner model I go for a loop.
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oguzhaners | 65 29% |
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wetwillies | 90 78% |
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Gained a lot of respect for Oliver Stone after this one. The scenes in the studio are impeccably shot. He makes it feel like a prison, with Champlain trapped by all of his insane callers. The scenes that don't take place in the studio are much less satisfactory and maybe even unnecessary for the most part, but I'm so impressed by the rest that I don't really care. Eric Bogosian is fantastic.
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stuie299 | 45 5% |
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Outdated and boring. Totally lacking in plot and slower than an old lady behind the wheel of a car. Bogosian did a decent job as the lead but the film kept trying to be more meaningful than it actually was. I was disappointed by how uninteresting the callers were. Except for maybe one Neo-Nazi all of the callers stayed on the surface and barely discussed the topics they were talking about. This could have been an interesting premise but the movie struggled to developed anything of substance.
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| Apr 19, 2011 | CriticalMaus | 95 71% |
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