Who's That Knocking at My Door? (I Call First) (1967)

“Who's That Knocking At My Door is primarily of historical interest, more an exercise in style - in this case a New York 60s spin on nouvelle vague and”

“Who's That Knocking At My Door is primarily of historical interest, more an exercise in style - in this case a New York 60s spin on nouvelle vague and Italian neo-realism - than a work of substance. Expanded from a film school project, Scorsese's feature debut is typically light on plot, counterpointing Harvey Keitel's Mean Streets-lite time-wasting with the boys from the old neighbourhood with his failed romance with Zina Bethune that offers the possibility something better. There's more energy than insight and the passage of time has dulled it's edge, but it's not without interest, especially in the way that at times Keitel seems to be playing Scorsese, never more so than in the scene where he picks up Bethune by talking about The Searchers after seeing a picture of the Duke in her copy ” read more

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" Cast : Harvey Keitel What was it about? J.R. is a typical Italian-American on the streets of New York. When he gets involved with a local girl, he decides to get married and settle down, but when he learns that she was once raped, he cannot handle it. More explicitly linked with Catholic guilt that Scorsese's later work, we see what happens to J.R. when his religious guilt catches up with him. My two cents: Martin Scorsese started his illustrious career with this flick which was made alr"

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"First viewing - June 10th A thoughtful exploration of sex and love, Scorsese's first film worked better for me than some of his later ones. That's due largely to the simplicity of it and the strong performances of Keitel & Bethune. Their chemistry is perfect, and I thoroughly enjoyed their conversations about movies through which Scorsese displays his love of cinema (a discussion of Lee Marvin made me wonder if this character grew up to be Mr. White in Reservoir Dogs). Once sex enters into the "

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" I have the highest respect for Martin Scorsese, tho not always some of his films. There are quiet a few film references made throughout the film. This coupled with the blending of several different types of montages and editing techniques... that felt distracting. In that I was more aware of the film then the actual story or what might be happening. As a film about film I think it works on a certain level but as a narrative story it got a little confusing. Ha! Of course many directors would "

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" Watched February 25th - Xanadon't's DVD Collection - 1st Viewing "Everybody should like westerns, solve everybody’s problems if they liked westerns." - J.R. This was Martin Scorsese's first film, so I will make allowances for the low budget look of the movie and the camera work that was making me seasick. I found a lot of what was going on hard to follow, the exception being the relationship between J.R. and the girl, that I enjoyed, even if I ended up wanting to smack J.R. through a wal"

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"A still of Harvey Keitel from this film was almost used for the artwork of the "Strangeways Here We Come" album. When he finally gave his approval it was too late so the image was used by Morrissey as a backdrop on the 1991 Kill Uncle tour. The same image also appeared on merchandise sold on that tour. "

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