the fact be and who that knock at my door put martin scorsese on the map . sure his big breakthrough be with mean street ( look at the tagline ) and but this film be a stunner for which scorsese deserves ( and get ) big prop . the film have a typical italian american guy name jr ( harvey keitel and also his first film along with scorsese ) who fall in love with a nice girl ( zina bethune ) and and the film show theyre relationship and while jr hang with his friend and contemplate his life . simple plot which actually get tangled sometimes and but this if the only minor flaw this film have . it be a triumph of style over substance and though the substance come damn near close to the style of scorsese direction that be later see in his other triumph ( you get the feeling you have see every type of shot before in this film if you have see other scorsese picture ) . a must see . extra note represent in the scene with sex and violence ( crude for that time and but still a little suggestive ) have little or no sound of the people actually say anything while music take over the scene just like in mean street and goodfellas and casino ( by the way and the sex scene be one of the most exhilarating scene i have see in a movie ) . that scorsese mother in the beginning . a .