![]() ![]() That said, Scorsese's visual skills, ingenuity on a low budget, and ability to make the most of raw young acting talent is unmistakable. Teens used to quick-paced, polished, color, expertly-edited blockbusters may view this slow, grainy character study as a lot of boring parts surrounding a bit of soft-core-porn. ![]() Scorsese uses non-actors and employs a little too much improvisation. Here's an unusual look at the early work of a director who would soon after show enormous skill and ability, making it fascinating for students of film and far less interesting for anyone else. He goes to church to confess, surrounded by jump cuts of religious statuary depicting the crucifixion, Christ's wounds, and the Virgin Mary's grief. She stands up for herself, and says "no," explaining that he would always "find a way to bring it up." He says "damn right," and calls her a whore. After their breakup, he returns to her, hesitatingly apologizes, and tells her that he's still willing to marry her despite her second-class status. She's clearly ashamed that she was raped and understands that he would see her as tainted goods. When she later reveals that she was date-raped (shown in a disturbingly violent flashback), he's angry, accusing her of lying to him to cover up the fact that she's already had sex. When they finally have a sexual encounter, he refuses to go any farther than kissing and touching, but won't explain that he's serious about her and, as a Catholic, won't have sex with her until after marriage. He falls for a far more refined girl (Zina Bethune) than the prostitutes/"loose" women he usually hangs out with, and when he stands in her studio apartment filled with jazz records and books, including Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night," he seems both interested and fearful that he doesn't measure up. ![]() appreciates the beauty of nature, and he's a film buff with good taste. When they take a trip to the countryside, Joey (Lennard Kuras) complains nonstop, but J.R. ( Harvey Keitel) seems to be the one guy who has the potential to be better than the idiots he hangs out with. WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR focuses on three low-life New York wise-guy wannabes who drink, smoke, party, and sleep with prostitutes (sex scenes feature full nudity), but have no qualms about setting higher standards for the behavior of others. To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Language includes "f-g," "fairy," "damn," and "whore." Some religious imagery. She escapes and he wrestles her back into the car and rapes her, although the sex isn't shown. A man tries to rape a girl he's dating in a car. Wise-guy wannabes also play with guns, so there's always a sense that someone is going to get shot, deliberately or accidentally. As per the era, adults smoke cigarettes and much of the action takes place in a bar, so drinking alcohol is also on display. In one session with two "working girls" (imagined or possibly real) a man and woman are seen fully nude (a glimpse of male pubic hair and a longer look at female). The 1967 black-and-white drama features Harvey Keitel as an out-of-work guy on who falls for a "nice girl," as opposed to the hookers he usually hangs out with. Parents need to know that Who's That Knocking at My Door? is one of famed director Martin Scorsese's earliest films. ![]()
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