Sometimes you see it show up on Comedy Central, at least that's where I saw it. It's the very epitome of forgettable.
I agree that May is an extraordinary debut.
Soderbergh- Sex, Lies, and Videotape. Wes Anderson - Bottle Rocket PTA - Sydney/Hard Eight Jonze- Being John Malkovich Jarmusch - Permanent Vacation Jonathan Glazer - Sexy Beast Neil Labute - In the Company of Men Luc Besson - Le Dernier Combat Rob Reiner - This is Spinal Tap Cameron Crowe - Say Anything Albert Brooks - Real Life Peter Bogdanovich - Targets Alex Cox - Repo Man Errol Morris - Gates of Heaven Alejandro González Iñárritu - Amores Perros Alexander Payne - Citizen Ruth Jean-Pierre Jeunet - Delicatessen Ridley Scott - The Duellists Stuart Gordon - Re-Animator Bruce Sinofsky - Brother's Keeper Agustín Villaronga - In a Glass Cage Godfrey Reggio - Koyaanisqatsi Henry Bromell - Panic David O. Russell - Spanking the Monkey Noah Baumbach - Kicking and Screaming
Jean Luc-Godard - Breathless Agnes Varda - Cleo From 5 To 7 Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Love Is Colder Than Death John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch Bruno Dumont - The Life Of Jesus Lynne Ramsey - Ratcatcher
Good catch with Jean-Luc Godard and Agnès Varda, Brook. I’m not sure how I could have listed The 400 Blows and not included some other first New Wave films.
I think Week-End is fantastic, though my favorite is My Life To Live. However, I didn't think this thread referred to directors whose first film was their best, simply to good 1st films or in Godard's case, a great 1st film.