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The Pestle: In-depth Movie Talk, No Fluff | Film Review | Spoilers

Ep 222: “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”

79 min • 23 januari 2023

We get to Shane Black’s “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang” party and discuss:

Story & Writing, humor, subverting expectations;
Screenplay snippets, how Shane Black’s voice is distinct;
and other such stuff and things and stuff.

“An action film can have too much action; picture an equalizer on a stereo, with all the knobs pegged at 10. It becomes a cacophony and is, ultimately, quite boring.“ – Shane Black

Notes & References:
Dice is prehistoric, dice wiki
Screenplay for “Kiss Kiss Bang Bang”
Wordplayer article about good scripts becoming bad movies, “The 100 Million Dollar Mistake”

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This Week’s Recommendations:

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