At one point in the film, Gay Perry (Val Kilmer) uses the line, “Thrill Me,” a reference to an oft-repeated line in Night of the Creeps, which was directed by Fred Dekker, who was once a writing partner of Shane Black’s.At the end of the movie, Val Kilmer asks the audience to stick around and watch the credits, remarking, “If you’re wondering who the Best Boy is, he’s someone’s nephew.” In fact, the best boy’s name is Jack Bauer (no relation to the “24” character), who has been a key grip and best boy in numerous movies since 1983.Gay Perry is often considered the first openly gay character lead in an action film.The film was the first produced by Public Media Works, a production company owned in part by Corbin Bernsen.Before it was titled Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, the movie worked under the titles You’ll Never Die in This Town Again, L.A.P.I.The title of the movie itself was a reference to an unused theme song in the James Bond film, Thunderball. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is European slang for spy movies it was also the title of Pauline Kael’s second published collection of reviews.The chapter titles in the movie are all derived from Raymond Chandler novels.Halliday, who died in 1977, was a writer on the television series, “Ironside.” The film was based, in part, on Brett Halliday’s novel Bodies Are Where You Find Them.The Kiss Kiss Bang Bang title sequence was voted as one of the 50 Best All Time by IFC. The very cool title sequence was created by Danny Yount, the graphic designer who also created the title sequence to “Six Feet Under,” Iron Man and RockNRolla.Hugh Grant and Benecio Del Toro were also briefly considered for the lead roles. Harrison Ford was also once considered for the role taken by Val Kilmer (under a bigger budget version of the film). Johnny Knoxville was originally attached to play the role that eventually went to Robert Downey, Jr.Shane Black, the director of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, will direct RDJ in Iron Man 3. Today, we look at Shane Black’s 2005 cult hit, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, which helped revitalize the career of Robert Downey, Jr., who has since become a huge action star in the Iron Man franchise. This is the second in our new series, Mindhole Blowers ( read the first, on Cameron Crowe’s Singles) where we troll the Internet and listen to DVD Commentaries of our favorite films and bring you some of the fascinating minutia about them.
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