A press release from the Cannes Film Festival:
Robert Downey Jr. and Val Kilmer have turned
gumshoe with ``Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,'' a murder mystery that
could have been called
``Nudge Nudge, Wink Wink'' for its relentless yet loving
tweaks at Hollywood film-noir conventions.
The film, which debuted Saturday at the Cannes Film Festival,
both mocks and embraces the cliches of the hard-boiled
private eyes of years past - taking to nearly outlandish
levels the genre's improbable coincidences, impossible
action, and detectives who take endless lickings yet keep on
ticking.
``This is a drunk movie,'' ``Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang''
writer-director Shane Black told The Associated Press. ``This
is just a movie that had too many.''
Black was especially influenced by mystery writer Raymond
Chandler, whose story titles the filmmaker borrows as chapter
headings for
``Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang,'' which opens in U.S. theaters this
fall. jpj
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