That's Jonathan Bernstein, writing about Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang in The Guardian . This is something I've thought about a lot: over and over again, the biggest hits seem to strike a balance between the pleasant comfort of the familiar, and the exhilarating shock of the new. Pulp Fiction, of course, is the ultimate triumph of the old dressed up in shiny new clothes; Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang works the same game, only even more shamelessly. What do you think?

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That's basically the foundation joke on which Harmony korine's new project, is based. According to a report in Screen International (subscription required), the long-dormant enfant terrible of the 90s indie scene is not only back – he's somehow convinced Anita Pallenberg , Diego Luna , Samantha Morton and Denis Lavant to tag along. Mister Lonely , as we told you last week, is based on a script that Korine wrote with his brother Avi. According to Screen, it follows Luna's character, a Michael Jackson impersonator who meets Marilyn Monroe (Morton) whilst bumming around Paris. He follows her to a commune in Scotland, where the pair meet up with Marilyn's husband, Charlie Chaplin, and their young daughter, Shirley Temple. Pallenberg plays The Queen of England (no word yet on which one, but I'm assuming it's the current Elizabeth). The action eventually moves to Brazil, where missionaries somehow become involved.

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