The film Kiss Kiss Bang Bang embodies all the classic noir elements of the classic noir era of the 1940s and 1950s, which allows Kiss Kiss Bang Bang to be perceived as a neo-film noir. Although Kiss Kiss Bang Bang contains some noir elements, it is more like your typical romantic comedy due to the action and humor that the film's characters project. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang twists and adds traditional styles to classic noir, so much so that the film doesn't feel right, but is changed so that the detective, who is usually the main character, is just a friend of the main character and the femme fatale. she's not fatal at all and is just a party girl looking for her sister. The film uses all the classic noir elements, but in such a way that the elements contradict each other and in doing so make the film seem contradictory as well. There are many hints in the film that deal with classic noir themes, such as the ending where the Warner Bros icon appears to burn as if there were a hot light bulb behind it. The characters themselves all relate to some part of classic noir and most of them more or less fit the archetypes of classic noir. The film itself is a combination of comedy and noir which creates a neo-noir film unlike most others with its color picture which still manages to use noir themes throughout. The film is relatively based on one of the hardboiled detective novels of the 1950s and reflects some of the themes of those detective novels, such as the archetypes of the detective and the sexy femme fatale, only from a twisted and comedic point of view. The main character is a thief and gives the impression of being more of a common criminal until the end of the film. Alt...... middle of paper...... expand the neo-noir genre in a more modern and perhaps more comedic direction by exploring a new direction in a new, as yet unknown, area of ​​neo-noir. The film is also branching out and making a statement about how films shouldn't be classified or categorized by genre. “Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang brings to light the dangers of boxing films into corners; Black shows us a film that cannot be characterized and therefore escapes the scope of categorization (BlogSpot).” Works Cited "Anne Goes to the Movies: Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: Noir or No?" Anne goes to the cinema. Anne Goes to the Movies, March 1, 2009. Web. March 23, 2014. http://annegoestothemovies.blogspot.com/2009/03/kiss-kiss-bang-bang-noir-or-no.html."Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005) - Quotes." IMDb. Np, nd Web. March 23, 2014. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0373469/trivia?tab=qt&ref_=tt_trv_qu.