Waiting for Ishtar

A love letter to the most misunderstood film of all time.

Duration: 47 min
Release date: 2017-12-14
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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).

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Waiting for Ishtar

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