Kiss Kiss Bang Bang Part 2: Casting, Shooting, and a Botched Release
Behind The Bells Podcast
English - March 15, 2021 22:47 - 31 minutes - 60 MB - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsFilm History TV & Film History christmas moviepodcast tvhistory christmaspodcast film filmpodcast holiday holidays movie moviehistory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
"Is she dead? No, she's just resting her eyes for a minute. Of course she's f**king dead, her neck's broken"
Despite the casting of Robert Downey Jr. (the studio had hoped to cast Johnny Knoxville instead) and Val Kilmer, the movie would start off a good luck charm that would lead to an easy shoot, even if it was Shane Black's directorial debut.
Time to see what kind of preparation the crew went on to make Kiss Kiss Bang Bang a lot like a noir movie from the 60's. See how despite good critical reviews and a good festival debut, just how stupid it's release was, forcing a failure when there shouldn't have been.