The author of Miss May Does Not Exist opens up about writing a book on the famously elusive and brilliant Elaine May, falling down rabbit holes, and her own deep love for Ishtar.
This month, we're waxing ecstatic about the humor and humanism at the heart of Elaine May's Ishtar. We match May’s compassion for the brashly stupid Chuck and Lyle (Dustin Hoffman and Warren Beatty, respectively) with special guest Frank Falisi, who lays out his theory that Ishtar is actually a high musical à la Vincente Minnelli.
It’s heartbreaking to think that a film as smart, charming, and unique as Ishtar effectively ended the career of one of our greatest directors, especially when it was never really given a fighter’s chance to get off the ground.