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Waiting for Ishtar

  • 20172017
  • 46m
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Waiting for Ishtar (2017)
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A conversation about guilty pleasures turns into one man's quest to find others on a library waiting list, while simultaneously examining the fate of the famous Hollywood bomb Ishtar (1987).A conversation about guilty pleasures turns into one man's quest to find others on a library waiting list, while simultaneously examining the fate of the famous Hollywood bomb Ishtar (1987).A conversation about guilty pleasures turns into one man's quest to find others on a library waiting list, while simultaneously examining the fate of the famous Hollywood bomb Ishtar (1987).
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    • John Mitchell
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    • George Anthony
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    A so-so documentary about a bad movie
    "Ishtar" is a comedic adventure film starring Warren Beatty and Dustin Hoffman. It came out in '87 and it notoriously bombed at the box office. I'm not sure if many people have seen it or have even heard of it. I don't think I saw it until last year, which just so happened to be the film's 30th anniversary. I'm definitely not a fan of it. There are a few funny moments, but it's mostly unfunny and dull. However, I wouldn't call it one of the worst films I've ever seen. Plus, one person's trash is another person's treasure.

    The star of this documentary is a man who loves "Ishtar". He wants to borrow the sole copy of the film from the Toronto Public Library, but he's on a long waiting list and he wants to meet other people on the list. Yes, that's partly what this documentary is about. Maybe I'm biased because I don't like "Ishtar", but so what? You have to wait because there's just one copy and others want to borrow it... so what? I didn't really care because this documentary didn't give me much of a reason to care. We don't even get much of a reason as to why this guy likes it so much. After watching this documentary, I don't feel like giving "Ishtar" another chance by watching it again. There are plenty of other movies I can watch.

    This documentary is just... meh. The clips of "Ishtar" that are shown actually look better than the documentary footage that's shown, which, for the most part, looks OK. There are interviews with people like actor/filmmaker Don McKellar and actress Carol Kane, who's in "Ishtar". The interviews are fine, although the footage of Kane looks somewhat out of focus, for some reason. Like "Ishtar", this documentary does have some funny moments. When someone off-screen says the film was apparently the most expensive comedy at the time, a man on-screen says, "It's considered a comedy?" I dunno, I think that's funny.

    Maybe if you're a fan of "Ishtar", you'll like "Waiting for Ishtar" more than I did. It's decently made, but I just found it to be a bit boring and not *that* insightful. It has its moments, though, and at least it's fairly short. I kinda wish "Ishtar" was as short as this or even shorter. I probably would've enjoyed it a lot more.
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    • EclecticEnnui
    • Jul 7, 2018

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