Oregon Movies, A to Z

In 1985, performance artist Eric Bogosian visited The Art Gym on the Marylhurst campus to see painter Tad Savinar’s show, Talk Radio. Bogosian was struck by the complexity of Savinar’s engagement with the subject of radio talk shows, and he and Savinar worked together on a proposal to the Portland Center for the Visual Arts for a performance piece, with sets by Savinar and a monologue by Bogosian. This first stage version of Talk Radio was performed in Portland in 1985.

Bogosian took Talk Radio to New York, where Oliver Stone saw it performed at the Public Theater.

Oliver Stone made his film in 1988.

I hereby claim Talk Radio as an Oregon film, based on the role played by Tad Savinar who both inspired and co-created the original work.