I Call First (1967)

Note Générale:

6,8/10   

Réalisateur:

Martin Scorsese

Scénaristes:

Betzi Manoogian (additional dialogue)
Martin Scorsese (writer)

Date de sortie:

20 janvier 1978 (Finland)

Genre:

Drame

Accroche:

Mean Streets was just around the corner.

Intrigue:

J.R. is a typical Italian-American on the streets of New York. When he gets involved with a local girl...

Plot Keywords:

Catholic Guilt | Italian American | Ethnic Identity | Religion | Bar

Avis des utilisateurs:

Very much of its time

Ensemble

Zina Bethune	...	Girl
Harvey Keitel	...	J.R.
Anne Collette	...	Young girl in dream (as Ann Collette)
Lennard Kuras	...	Joey
Michael Scala	...	Sally Gaga
Harry Northup	...	Harry
Tsuai Yu-Lan	...	Girl in dream fantasy
Saskia Holleman	...	Girl in dream fantasy
Bill Minkin	...	Iggy at Party
Philip Carlson	...	Boy in Copake (as Phil Carlson)
Wendy Russell	...	Gaga's Girl
Robert Uricola	...	Boy with Gun
Susan Wood	...	Girl at Party
Marissa Mathes	...	Girl at Party (as Marrisa Joffrey)
Catherine Scorsese	...	Mother

Autre(s) titre(s):

Bring on the Dancing Girls (USA) (working title)
J.R. (USA) (reissue title)
Who's That Knocking at My Door (USA) (new title (longer version))

Durée:

90 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Rapport de forme:

1,85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Canada:18A | Brazil:16 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Singapore:M18 | USA:R | West Germany:12

Lieux de tournage:

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Société:

Trimod Films

Anecdotes:

In order to get distribution for his film, Scorsese was told to add nude scenes so it could be promoted as a sexploitation film. So he shot the fantasy scene showing J.R. imagining encounters with prostitutes.

Connexions:

figure dans From the Classroom to the Streets: The Making of 'Who's That Knocking at My Door' (2004) (V)

Bande son:

Don't Ask Me to Be Lonely

Very much of its time

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 of Cahiers du Cinema.