Directed by:
Martin ScorseseScreenplay:
Martin ScorseseCast:
Harvey Keitel, Martin Scorsese, Catherine Scorsese, Anne Collette, Harry Northup, Zina Bethune, Susan WoodVOD (1)
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The marital idyll of a newlywed couple is shattered in this dark drama directed by Martin Scorsese. When the husband, J.R. (Harvey Keitel), an Italian-Catholic reformed street thug, finds out that his wife, a Protestant feminist (Zina Bethune), was raped years ago and is no longer a virgin, he's unable to cope with this reality, so chained is he to the belief that a man must marry a virgin. Can he move beyond his rage? (official distributor synopsis)
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The future master director hones his style with this banal story/non-story from the streets that he knows so well. It’s as if he projected part of himself into the character played by Harvey Keitel (also making his debut), a big fan of John Wayne movies and proponent of classic westerns. Neither the experimental concept of some of the scenes – particularly the sexual collage, added in solely for the purpose of attracting a distributor – or John Cassavetes’s declaration that “This film is better than Citizen Kane” can really improve the unfortunate impression that I got from the movie’s overall self-indulgence and superficiality. But like all Scorsese films, it is exquisitely paced. 70%
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Martin Scorsese already understood one fundamental thing at the beginning of his career. Film is a visual and auditory medium, but that doesn't mean they have to be in absolute harmony. Film doesn't have to capture reality as we perceive it with our own eyes and ears. Film has the ability to capture reality in a new, unconventional way. "Who's That Knocking at My Door" is a beautiful example of this. There are scenes where the visual component presents something, but the real sounds are completely eliminated and replaced with music. I know that this is nothing new in film, but Scorsese uses it in such a quantity and in such a place where another creator wouldn't dare. This demonstrates how he played with film, how he experimented and allowed himself more than others. He may have been searching in part, but it is precisely in this search that the beauty of his films lies. He always manages to surprise you with some technical element, a form that is not completely standard. More: http://www.filmovy-denik.cz/2013/03/kdo-to-klepe-na-moje-dvere-1967-70.html
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