Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

High school (ages 12+)
Art & Creativity

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. Who wrote Kiss Kiss Bang Bang?Shane Black
2. What is the film classification?Neo-noir black comedy crime film
3. What is the principal photography dates?February 24, 2004 - May 3, 2004
4. What is "Kiss Kiss Bang Bang" about?It is a funny movie that mixes a detective story with jokes and a bit of mystery. The detective pretends to be someone else while solving a crime.
5. Who stars in the movie?Robert Downey Jr. plays the detective Harry Lockhart, and Val Kilmer is also in the film.

Meta-narrative: A story that comments on its own nature as a story, often breaking the fourth wall.
Pulp Fiction: A genre of fiction characterized by sensationalism, often published in cheap magazines with glossy paper.
Hardboiled Detective Fiction: A subgenre of crime fiction featuring a cynical, tough private investigator in an urban setting.
Subversion: Undermining or overturning an established system, belief, or practice.