Great directorial debuts....

Started by j_scott_stroup04, December 06, 2003, 10:39:27 PM

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Print
Go Down Pages 1 2 3 4
User actions

Ernie

#15
December 07, 2003, 11:47:42 AM
Night of the Hunter - Charles Laughton (his first and only that is)

j_scott_stroup04

#16
December 07, 2003, 12:59:35 PM
Chest....

Crumb was not Zwigoff's first film, it was actually Louie Bluie (I haven't seen and cannot find anywhere, so I usually just say that it's Crumb).

Mean Streets isn't Scorsese's first, but it is his first film worth noting.  Who's (That?) Knocking At My Door was his first....in 1968.
"The sunshine bores the daylights outta me!"- Rolling Stones

"When I am King you will be first against the wall!"- Radiohead

soixante

#17
December 07, 2003, 01:00:57 PM
Easy Rider - Dennis Hopper.  A remarkable debut film.

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot - Michael Cimino.

Targets - Peter Bogdanovich.

This Is Spinal Tap - Rob Reiner.

THX 1138 - George Lucas.

Blue Collar - Paul Schrader.
Music is your best entertainment value.

Jeremy Blackman

#18
December 07, 2003, 01:06:24 PM
Sofia Coppola with The Virgin Suicides.

The Way of the Gun. (sorry)

MacGuffin

#19
December 07, 2003, 01:21:21 PM
"Bound" - Wachowski Bros.
"Night Of The Living Dead" - George Romero
"The Evil Dead" - Sam Raimi (first released film)
"House Of Games" - David Mamet
"She's Gotta Have It" - Spike Lee
"This Is Spinal Tap" - Rob Reiner
"One Hour Photo" - Mark Romanek
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


Skeleton FilmWorks

godardian

#20
December 07, 2003, 02:16:29 PM
Quote from: phil marlowethe element of crime (really good and underrated movie, everyone should see it.)

Saw it for the first time not too long ago. It is very impressive, particularly for a first film.
""Money doesn't come into it. It never has. I do what I do because it's all that I am." - Morrissey

"Lacan stressed more and more in his work the power and organizing principle of the symbolic, understood as the networks, social, cultural, and linguistic, into which a child is born. These precede the birth of a child, which is why Lacan can say that language is there from before the actual moment of birth. It is there in the social structures which are at play in the family and, of course, in the ideals, goals, and histories of the parents. This world of language can hardly be grasped by the newborn and yet it will act on the whole of the child's existence."

Stay informed on protecting your freedom of speech and civil rights.

Ravi

#21
December 07, 2003, 02:43:09 PM
Pather Panchali- Satyajit Ray
The Great McGinty- Preston Sturges

SHAFTR

#22
December 07, 2003, 04:03:39 PM
What about George Clooneys' Confessions of a Dangerous Mind.
"Talking shit about a pretty sunset
Blanketing opinions that i'll probably regret soon"

Weak2ndAct

#23
December 07, 2003, 04:37:28 PM
Quote from: Jeremy BlackmanThe Way of the Gun. (sorry)
Is that serious or facetious?  (I really like this one a lot)

(kelvin)

#24
December 08, 2003, 07:13:37 AM
Polanski's Knife in the Water
Has anyone mentioned Godard's A bout de souffle?

cine

#25
December 08, 2003, 07:16:41 AM
Quote from: chriskelvinHas anyone mentioned Godard's A bout de souffle?
Yep. SHAFTR's way ahead of you.  :P

Quote from: SHAFTRGodard's Breathless

Alethia

#26
December 08, 2003, 07:57:52 AM
spinal tap
breathless (didn't like it at first, now i love it...altho - is it his first??  was the little soldier before or after this? hmmm)
duel
george washington
bottle rocket

Gold Trumpet

#27
December 08, 2003, 09:22:10 AM
I'll just mention some no one else has:

City of God (Fernando Meirelles)
This Sporting Life (Lindsay Anderson)

NEON MERCURY

#28
December 08, 2003, 11:04:19 AM
.....Aronofsky's... Pi.....
Mendes.... American Beauty....
Tarantino's ...Reservoir Dogs.
Coen's Blood Simple..
Anderson's Hard eight...
..Liman's ..Swingers
.Jonze.'s Being John Malkovich..........
Inaritu's ...Amores Perros.
Wes Anderson's..Bottle Rocket....
Smith's Clerks.
Nolan's .....Following..
Caruso's ..The Salton Sea...
Taymor's .Titus....
Ritchie's..Locked/Stocked......
Boyle's.Shallow Grave....
bvfue754t995e's ...The Sixth Sense...
Lonergan's ..You Can Count on Me......

Alexandro

#29
December 08, 2003, 11:19:21 AM
there can't be a better debut film than Citizen Kane...
it's cliche, but its the damn truth...welles redefined cinema with that film

truffaut's 400 blows
tarantino's reservoir dogs
iññaritu's amores perros
Print
Go Up Pages 1 2 3 4
User actions