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• Anthony L

  
  Who's That Knocking at My Door? may not have any fluidity or order to it but due to it being made over a period of two years it's not surprising. What you're left with is a selection of scenes, quite grainy and amateurish but really quite impressive even by today's… More
  Who's That Knocking at My Door? may not have any fluidity or order to it but due to it being made over a period of two years it's not surprising. What you're left with is a selection of scenes, quite grainy and amateurish but really quite impressive even by today's standards. The dialogue is brilliant throughout, with real thought and heart at the centre. The film never seizes to look good but two scenes in particular stand out; the scene with the guys messing about with a gun, shot in slow-motion to an upbeat soundtrack and the scene with J.R. and the prostitute - a scene added later by order of the soft porn distributor who was the only person to see value in the production. Only Scorsese could take that on and improve an already impressive film. Hints of the amazing career to come and proof that some people are just naturally talented.

• danny d

  
  scorsese's first feature length film is largely experimental, but the film had wonderful dialogue and possessed a certain charm to it that helps us to recognize the things about this film that are really the roots of scorsese's future greatness. really only truly engaging… More
  scorsese's first feature length film is largely experimental, but the film had wonderful dialogue and possessed a certain charm to it that helps us to recognize the things about this film that are really the roots of scorsese's future greatness. really only truly engaging to the hard core scorsese fan, but the film is benefited by the short running length and solid performances.

• Tim S

  
  A convoluted mess, but still visually interesting.

• Conner R

  
  Harvey Keitel yapping on about The Searchers and other westerns was worth the entire movie, not to mention that it's Martin Scorsese's most cultured film. It's sort've brutal for being a light-hearted drama/romance. The shot after the opening credits of… More
  Harvey Keitel yapping on about The Searchers and other westerns was worth the entire movie, not to mention that it's Martin Scorsese's most cultured film. It's sort've brutal for being a light-hearted drama/romance. The shot after the opening credits of Keitel's gang beating up a teenager was interesting in that it is horriftingly nonchalant. A great debut in short.

• Derek D

  
  Almost like watching two different movies, Scorcese's debut isn't too memorable other than that fact. It's like two different siblings each vying for your attention with no cohesiveness whatsoever. Even a young Keitel is fantastic in this and Scorcese seemed to fine… More
  Almost like watching two different movies, Scorcese's debut isn't too memorable other than that fact. It's like two different siblings each vying for your attention with no cohesiveness whatsoever. Even a young Keitel is fantastic in this and Scorcese seemed to fine tune his films better and better as time went on in his career.

• Chris G

  
  Who's That Knocking At My Door (originally titled I Called First) is Martin Scorsese's first full length film built on the original student film he shot in 1965. The main character is J.R. (Harvey Keitel in his debut) a New York youth who just hangs out with his buddies… More
  Who's That Knocking At My Door (originally titled I Called First) is Martin Scorsese's first full length film built on the original student film he shot in 1965. The main character is J.R. (Harvey Keitel in his debut) a New York youth who just hangs out with his buddies without a care in the world goofing off. He also meets a girl (Zina Bethune) who he falls in love with but his own ideology keeps getting in the way. The film basically cuts between J.R. and his buddies fooling around and J.R. and "the Girl" forming their relationship, which can be distracting at times to the viewer because the buddy scenes are the school film and the girl scenes are the extra storyline added for a feature release. The scenes with Keitel and Bethune are obviously technically superior and appear to shed some of that film school pretentiousness. There is a lot of that student film feeling throughout Who's Knocking, but Scorsese counteracts it with his own style that we now all know and love. This is where the seed was planted and you can see Scorsese in this picture. Everyone hast to start somewhere and usually it's an embarassment. Who's That Knocking At My Door is a solid piece of film making from a future master.

• Ken S

  
  Scorsese wears his Cassavetes on his sleeve in his feature debut. The editing and photography is highly stylized but rings emotionally true.

• Walter M

  
  [font=Century Gothic]Martin Scorsese's dazzling debut feature film, "Who's That Knocking at My Door?" is about a neighborhood guy, J.R.(Harvey Keitel), who usually hangs out with a couple of pals, Joey(Lennard Kuras) and Sally Gaga(Michael Scala). One day, he… More
  [font=Century Gothic]Martin Scorsese's dazzling debut feature film, "Who's That Knocking at My Door?" is about a neighborhood guy, J.R.(Harvey Keitel), who usually hangs out with a couple of pals, Joey(Lennard Kuras) and Sally Gaga(Michael Scala). One day, he meets a young woman(Zina Bethune) while waiting for the Staten Island Ferry. They bond over a French film magazine(Cahiers du Cinema?)while discussing "The Searchers."(The used to show movies at the Beacon Theatre?)[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]In fact, a lot of "Who's That Knocking at My Door?" does seem very much influenced by the French New Wave as Scorsese experiments with as many styles as he can think of. Along with the obvious cinematic references, he is also declaring his love for pop music which in more recent films has become something of a cliche. But he also pulls out elements from his own life, namely Catholicism and how J.R.'s views of women as either "broads' or "girls" is a prime symptom of the Madonna-whore complex(not to be confused with the Madonna-Tori Amos complex which is very different) which is an oversimplified way at looking at women who are in reality no different from men.(Trust me. Just ask one.) While J.R. is old fashioned, he is also open to new experiences like hiking upstate. But what does it say that J.R.'s girlfriend is never named?[/font]

• Mike T

  
  Amateurish and experimental, this is still a fascinating film to watch for Scorsese buffs. This movie is a demonstration of Harvey Keitel's acting talents, and a taste of the greatness to come from Marty.

• matt s

  
  Keitel rules this roost. Interesting to see Scorsese's beginnings. Great natural dialogue and chemistry.

• Christopher B

  
  Fantastic debut from the awesome (at the time) Scorsese. Also, a great performance by Keitel in a film that could only be made at that time. A great mixture of religion and character drama.

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