Director
Oliver Stone on the production design of
Talk Radio (1988): "A lot of it was
Robert Richardson and I learning how to use space by shooting in that tight little studio, which was cleverly built by
Bruno Rubeo. As you noticed, we used a lot of glass and reflections, bringing the lights up and down so that characters would appear and disappear, playing with different levels of reality within the studio. (...) We built a three-sided set with a translight of the Dallas night skyline outside the window, and Bob used light banks with everything on dimmers so that the lights would come in and out at very precise moments..." [2015].