"Best directorial debut" is a slippery category to define. Do you count student films? Well, you just made She's Gotta Have It ineligible for consideration. How long does a film have to be to stray out of your Shorts category and into your Feature category? 40 minutes? Well, you just knocked out Citizen Kane. Is it necessary to be "released." OK, Orson is back in.
As the means of production and distribution change, so do the chances to make and distribute and get a film seen by enough to matter. My initial theory is that as the years go by, it will become harder and harder to make a great "first film."
If you use the SAG definition for feature film (80min) then Drugstore Cowboy is still eligible. If lower, then Mala Noche knocks it out.
Rating: 3 out of 10
Recommended instead: Here is my Top 10 using my personal criteria:
#1 Citizen Kane
#2 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
#3 Targets
#4 The Hunger
#5 Wristcutters: A Love Story (still waiting for 2nd)
#6 Ordinary People
#7 Reservoir Dogs
#8 Brick
#9 Thief
#10 Persepolis
Looks like blades and short titles are the common thread.
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