A director’s debut movie is like a calling card. It establishes their identity. If the debut movie is also impressive, it implies that the director has excelled in a lot of filmmaking principles that define what a good movie is.But every once in a while, there comes a new, inexperienced director who throws away this book of guiding principles and makes a movie entirely out of a new set of rules. These rules sometimes make you do a double-take, sometimes leave you confused, sometimes leave you astonished, and sometimes shatter your set expectations from a cinematic experience.We are going to explore seven such filmmakers who refused to follow the beaten path, and through their defiance revolutionized filmmaking.Best Directorial Debuts of All Time1. Orson Welles (Citizen Kane - 1941)Written by: Herman J. Mankiewicz & Orson Welles Orson Welles, at just 23, had already made waves with his notorious radio broadcast, War of the Worlds. His realistic dramatization of H.G. Wells’ classic was so effective that it caused nationwide panic, which newspapers reported on the front page. So when, just three years later, he came up with Citizen Kane, people knew it was going to be something out of the ordinary. And it was.The movie starts with an aging and ailing newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane (Orson Welles), on his deathbed, observing a snow globe. Kane utters his final words, “Rosebud,” and dies. From here on, the movie follows Kane’s life, his ascent to power and decline, and the enigma surrounding his...
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