WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR (1968)
Featuring: Harvey Keitel; Zina Bethune
Director: Martin Scorsese
Last week it was mentioned that Robert De Niro (as actor) and Martin Scorsese (as director) made some fine movies together. This week we take a look at the latter's directorial debut. And although this flick looks more like something concocted by a student from film school with which he hopes to impress his professors, it did get Martin Scorsese noticed.
There is no real story; just a bunch of incoherent scenes from which one can deduce some sort of struggle by a guy who has to choose between hanging with his buddies or being with his girlfriend.
However, even though the plot is basically rubbish, the real significance of this movie lies on the one hand that it put Marty on the map as director. On the other hand it was also Harvey Keitel's big screen debut. Obviously it was made on a shoe-string budget which also explains why it was shot in black-and-white. In the weeks to come, I intend to look at a few more of Mr. Scorsese's (more) mainstream creations.
This one I rate at only 1 out of 5 stars and that is purely for its novelty value.
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