Magnet of Doom: Difference between revisions

''Magnet of Doom'' was released in France in 1963.<ref name="bifi">{{cite web|url=http://cinema.encyclopedie.films.bifi.fr/index.php?pk=50135&_ga=1.21809787.1144870515.1435149737|publisher=Bifi.fr|title=L'Aîné des Ferchaux|accessdate=July 9, 2015|language=French}}</ref> Melville's depiction of America was seen as anachronistic.<ref>[[Vincent Canby|Canby, Vincent]]. "[https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/13/archives/the-godson-no-relation-to-godfather-opens.html 'The Godson' (No Relation to 'Godfather') Opens]", ''[[The New York Times]]''. July 13, 1972.</ref>

[[John Simon (critic)|John Simon]] of ''[[The New Leader]]'' described Magnet of Doom as 'more than usually trashy Simenon turned into a would-be thriller, with Belmondo perpetuating his irresistible, smilingly evil, stereotyped self'.<ref>{{cite book |title=Private Screenings|last1=Simon|first1=John |publisher=The MacMillan Company |year=1967 |page=85}}</ref> Melville's depiction of America was seen as anachronistic.<ref>[[Vincent Canby|Canby, Vincent]]. "[https://www.nytimes.com/1972/07/13/archives/the-godson-no-relation-to-godfather-opens.html 'The Godson' (No Relation to 'Godfather') Opens]", ''[[The New York Times]]''. July 13, 1972.</ref>