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Article: Downey, Kilmer do modern noir at Cannes with `Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang'
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- May 14, 2005
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DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
AP Worldstream
05-14-2005
Dateline: CANNES, France
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 ...
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