And the story itself multiplies meanings as it chases the tale of a petty thief, running from the cops down the mean streets of New York City, who is mistaken for an actor wannabe at an audition for a detective movie, then flown out to Tinseltown for a screen test, where he prepares for playing the role of gumshoe by shadowing a tough private eye who goes by the name of Gay Perry, because he is. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Paperback Octoby Pauline Kael (Author) 25 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 17.98 11 Used from 14.55 1 New from 577.99 3 Collectible from 19.95 Paperback 14.95 1 New from 14.95 Mass Market Paperback 17.61 3 Used from 12.53 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is virtually an informal history of the movies. There’s the cheeky, talk-bedazzled script by Shane Black, making a sharp directorial debut, who machine-guns twice as many words as the average dialogue slinger (and four times as many killer lines, most of them spilling from the mouth of an on-screen narrator in a stream-of-meta torrent that acknowledges the experience of watching the movie). There’s the twofer title, evocative of ripe pulp fiction on page and screen - the same muscular phrase with which the late tough-dame film critic Pauline Kael herself defined the basic appeal of movies. The deliriously enjoyable noir comedy-thriller Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang does nothing by halves and everything by doubles.
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