March 30, 2007

Warren Beatty @ 70.

Time: Warren Beatty "[H]e's my favorite modern movie star," writes That Little Round-Headed Boy. While he's "particularly drawn to the films he made in the late 60s and 70s," and you'll see that in his Warren Beatty top 5, you'll find plenty leaving comments arguing that Ishtar is a "great movie," even "the most misjudged movie of all time. It's a gem." Related: Elaine May, "perfect Almost Auteur." Bill Gibron explains in PopMatters; and Waiting for Ishtar.

At any rate, TLRHB has a Beatty-spotting story to tell and there's more at MovieMaker's blog.

Updates, 3/31: Michael Althen in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung - and in German. Lots of pix, though. Also: Peter Zander in Die Welt.



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Posted by dwhudson at March 30, 2007 12:33 PM

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If the film had been called El Ishtar, it would have been a perfect anagram for Real Shit. I'd love to believe that we were all mistaken and that it's a misunderstood masterpiece, but I could never bring myself to see it again.

Posted by: ronald bergan at March 30, 2007 2:22 PM

Ishtar is a great movie, a real gem, and more and more people are coming to realize this. I think this is going to be a great year for Ishtar... the 20th anniversary will mark a big resurgence. There is a documentary film about Ishtar fandom in the
works. The manager of the Ishtar fan website (http://www.ishtarthemovie.com/) is putting together a tribute CD featuring cover versions of songs from the movie. There's an Ishtar fan group, and possibly a US release on DVD(something the heathen in Europe have been enjoying for years).
So shake off that square world, get with the countdown, and blast off to Ishtar!

http://movies.groups.yahoo.com/group/ILoveIshtar/
http://www.waitingforishtar.com/
http://www.ishtarthemovie.com/

Posted by: Matt Love at March 30, 2007 9:15 PM

Um... April Fool's! Right? Right?

All right, all right, I'll give the movie another chance this year just to have closure.

cp

Posted by: Craig P at March 31, 2007 11:10 PM

There are no guarantees in life... but I think chances are pretty good you are going to enjoy it.

Posted by: Matt Love at April 14, 2007 3:48 PM