tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post6399080048482191726..comments2024-03-28T02:29:37.413-05:00Comments on Bill Crider's Pop Culture Magazine: Elaine May Talks About “Ishtar” Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-82197824855316139892016-04-06T19:26:51.322-05:002016-04-06T19:26:51.322-05:00I liked the songwriting bits, too, and I enjoyed t...I liked the songwriting bits, too, and I enjoyed the painful performances of the songs.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-48674646934494549442016-04-06T19:22:36.715-05:002016-04-06T19:22:36.715-05:00I've always enjoyed it. I thought the songwrit...I've always enjoyed it. I thought the songwriting bits in it were hilarious. An actor friend of mine once did one of the songs from it as an audition number and it KILLED. Sure, it probably cost too much money for the kind of movie it was, but it was right up my alley.Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-26991359925107817352016-04-06T12:51:19.604-05:002016-04-06T12:51:19.604-05:00I recall, perhaps incorrectly, that Pauline Kael l...I recall, perhaps incorrectly, that Pauline Kael liked "Ishtar." (By the time it was released, I had more-or-less stopped going to movies for reasons that I no longer remember.) And I had not realized that Elaine May has not directed a movie since--that's criminal neglect of talent.Don Coffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07198988872512792834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-55134281962063019922016-04-06T10:34:38.319-05:002016-04-06T10:34:38.319-05:00Judy and I saw it in the theater on opening day, a...Judy and I saw it in the theater on opening day, and she loved it from the start.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3668066.post-70472144865657475192016-04-06T10:32:30.816-05:002016-04-06T10:32:30.816-05:00It takes time for accurate critical evaluation to ...It takes time for accurate critical evaluation to settle-- especially on something that was as universally reviled upon release as ISHTAR was. (After all, even HEAVEN'S GATE has been reappraised over the last decade.) The article was absolutely right that reviews at the time focused almost solely on the movie's budget and not the movie itself.Debnoreply@blogger.com