WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR (I CALL FIRST) (1967) [DVD5] [2004]

Martin Scorsese's debut feature, Who's That Knocking at My Door? contains many of the autobiographical elements that would inform Scorsese's work as became a director of world-class importance. This was Harvey Keitel's debut as well, and he plays a young New Yorker named J.R. (the name also served as the film's alternate title) as a tortured vehicle for Scorsese's own inner conflict between rigid Catholic tradition and initial forays into liberating sexual experience. Produced over a lengthy on-and-off schedule while Scorsese was a struggling New York University film student, and shot in the Little Italy neighborhoods where Scorsese was raised, the film (with a final budget of $75,000) is a boldly stylized, stream-of-consciousness experience, establishing Scorsese's passion for well-chosen rock & roll soundtrack songs while plumbing the depths of J.R.'s soul as he begins a tenuous relationship with an independent, sexually experienced young woman (Zina Bethune) who's at odds with J.R.'s seething repression.
Incorporating fantasy sequences to further convey the young man's turbulent thoughts and emotions, Who's That Knocking at My Door earned favorable reviews, announcing the arrival of a bracing new talent and setting the stage, five years later, for the breakout triumph of Mean Streets. –Jeff Shannon








MOVIE:
DIRECTOR: Martin Scorsese
COUNTRY: United States
YEAR: 1967

CAST:
Harvey Keitel
Zina Bethune
Anne Collette
Lennard Kuras
Michael Scala
Harry Northup
Tsuai Yu-Lan
Saskia Holleman

CREDITS:
Director: Martin Scorsese
Screenplay: Martin Scorsese, Betzi Manoogian (additional dialogue)
Cinematography: Richard H. Coll, Michael Wadleigh
Editing: Thelma Schoonmaker
Directorial Assistant: Mardik Martin

DVD:
DVD RELEASE: August 17, 2004
STUDIO: Warner Home Video
SYSTEM: NTSC
SCREEN: 1.85:1
Black and White
AUDIO: English Dolby Digital 2.0
SUBTITLES: English/Spanish/French
RUNTIME (MOVIE): 90 minutes

EXTRACTION:
ENGINE: DVD Fab + Ultra ISO
DVD: 1 Full Single-Layer DVD
FILE EXTENSION: .ISO Image
FILE SIZE: 4.3 GB








Disc Features:

Commentary by Martin Scorsese and Directorial Assistant Mardik Martin
From The Classroom to the Streets: The Making of "Who's That Knocking at My Door"

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