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MAGNET OF DOOM L'aîné des Ferchaux. Directed by. Jean-Pierre Melville. France, Italy, 1963. Drama, Adventure, Crime. 102. Synopsis. A down on his luck French ex-paratrooper turned amateur boxer takes a job as a private secretary and bodyguard for a corr ...
Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville • 1963 • France. Starring Jean-Paul Belmondo, Charles Vanel, Michèle Mercier. Based on a novel by Georges Simenon, Jean-Pierre Melville’s idiosyncratic road movie follows a down-on-his-luck boxer (Jean-Paul Belmondo) who, after he takes a job as secretary for a shady millionaire (Charles Vanel), finds ...
"Things could have worked out between Ferchaux and me, but fate had other plans, which only I could see in the rearview mirror." Okay, so I was already drifting a little into drowsiness when I turned on Magnet of Doom, the last of Jean-Pierre Melville and Jean-Paul Belmondo's films together following Léon Morin, Priest (1961) and Le Doulos (1962).
17. Mai 2021 · It was also Melville’s first color film. While Melville was incapable of making a bad film, Magnet of Doom is more enjoyable today for the on-location cinematography that takes viewers on a whirlwind tour of the US—particularly the South—and for the way it captures the delightful material culture of the early ‘60s. The film today is ...
16. Jan. 2020 · Moody crime film from Jean Pierre Melville? Sign me up. This is definitely one of his weaker efforts – the story about a unemployed boxer (Jean Paul Belmondo) bodyguarding a disgraced French baker on the run (Clouzot regular Charles Vanel – excellent as always) is fun, but often functions more as an American travelogue via car window.
1963 film by Jean-Pierre Melville. Magnet of Doom (Q1214819) From Wikidata. Jump to navigation Jump to search. 1963 film by Jean-Pierre Melville. L'Aîné des Ferchaux; edit. Language Label Description Also known as; English: Magnet of Doom. 1963 film by ...
America: seduction and doom. This is Melville cashing in on Nouvelle Vague popularity for his own very esoteric interests. Deep downm there's a Simenon novel, but it less important than how Belmondo's face (he is playing here a failed boxer and soldier like himself) adapts to Melville. It is a strange film, somehere in between traditions, very far from the tight control Melville usually shows ...
