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Best directorial debuts
Posted on 4/8/20 at 5:16 pm
Posted on 4/8/20 at 5:16 pm
What in your opinion are the best feature film directorial debuts? I’ll start with the obvious picks
1. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)
2. Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino)
3. Blood Simple (Coen Brothers)
1. Citizen Kane (Orson Welles)
2. Reservoir Dogs (Tarantino)
3. Blood Simple (Coen Brothers)
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Posted on 4/8/20 at 5:34 pm to pevetohead
Posted on 4/8/20 at 5:37 pm to pevetohead
Posted on 4/8/20 at 5:41 pm to Kafka
Chazelle’s Whiplash is a hell of a debut
Posted on 4/8/20 at 5:42 pm to pevetohead
Posted on 4/8/20 at 5:42 pm to pevetohead
District 9
Donnie Darko
Eraserhead
Donnie Darko
Eraserhead
Posted on 4/8/20 at 5:48 pm to pevetohead
I don't really care that much for this film as a film. But it is of great historical significance and was enormously influential:
Posted on 4/8/20 at 5:55 pm to Kafka
What Shadows was to film acting, The Little Fugitive was to independent filmmaking. It was the first indie film to go into the streets and capture life as it was happening (thanks to new lightweight cameras). Truffaut cited it as a major influence on the French New Wave.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:02 pm to pevetohead
A few more recent...
Alex Garland “Ex Machina”
Tony Gilroy “Nightcrawler”
Ben Affleck “Gone Baby Gone”
Alex Garland “Ex Machina”
Tony Gilroy “Nightcrawler”
Ben Affleck “Gone Baby Gone”
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:02 pm to pevetohead
Pi is a great debut and super cheap.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:18 pm to pevetohead
Elevator to the Gallows
The 400 Blows
I was going to also include Badlands, but someone's already listed it.
The 400 Blows
I was going to also include Badlands, but someone's already listed it.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:18 pm to Keys Open Doors
quote:
Pi is a great debut and super cheap.
In that vein, Ed Burns’ The Brothers McMullen and Kevin Smith’s Clerks.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:23 pm to jg8623
quote:
Chazelle’s Whiplash is a hell of a debut
I was going to say this but looking at his Wikipedia it apparently is not his feature debut.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:26 pm to pevetohead
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:27 pm to pevetohead
I haven't seen it, but Hard Eight received great reviews for a 26 year old Paul Thomas Anderson. Crazy to think a year later he made Boogie Nights.
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:39 pm to PillPusher
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Chazelle’s Whiplash is a hell of a debut
I was going to say this but looking at his Wikipedia it apparently is not his feature debut.
Technically that is correct. And Reservoir Dogs isn’t Tarantino’s feature debut either. However, Tarantino’s budget was $5k in 1987 and Chazelle’s was $60k in 2009 for their “debuts”
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:44 pm to jg8623
What did Tarantino direct in 1987?
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:47 pm to Brosef Stalin
According to IMDb its called “My Best Friends Birthday”
Posted on 4/8/20 at 6:49 pm to pevetohead
Sidney Lumet
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