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Max Von Sydow has died

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Re: Max Von Sydow has died

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Post by Accujack »

tpmx wrote: post #28

To Americans with Scandinavian/Swedish ancestors (there sure are a lot of you), I really recommend watching these two movies starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emigrants_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Land They are based on a series of novels (1949 and onwards) by Vilhelm Moberg chronicling the fate of a family who decides to migrate from famine/poverty-stricken Swe…

Thanks! Moberg is very well known in the area where I grew up, I'll have to have a look.

Re: Max Von Sydow has died

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Post by clSTophEjUdRanu »

parenthesis wrote: post #6

I recently watched Flash Gordon for the first time since the 1980s, and Max Von Sydow's performance was a definite highlight. Casting a `proper' actor as the villain in a silly movie is always a great idea. (See, for example, Basil Rathbone in The Court Jester .)

Don't forget Strange Brew!

https://youtu.be/oMI23JJUpGE

He was also a good serious villain in Minority Report.

Re: Max Von Sydow has died

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Post by rcarmo »

Schattenbaer wrote: post #8

Pity they didn't mention Dune. Not the best film, nor a big role for him, but for young me it was still a wonderful experience to watch this. He replaced the imagined book version of Kynes forever in my head. Peace.

Oh yes, he played a great Liet Kynes. Appropriately regal and expressive.

Re: Max Von Sydow has died

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Post by 50ckpuppet »

melling wrote: post #27
Schattenbaer wrote: post #8

Pity they didn't mention Dune. Not the best film, nor a big role for him, but for young me it was still a wonderful experience to watch this. He replaced the imagined book version of Kynes forever in my head. Peace.

First saw him in Three Days of the Condor, which I loved as a kid. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_days_of_the_condor

One of the most chilling monologues he gave at the end of that movie.

Re: Max Von Sydow has died

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Post by [deleted] »

Accujack wrote: post #31
tpmx wrote: post #28

To Americans with Scandinavian/Swedish ancestors (there sure are a lot of you), I really recommend watching these two movies starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emigrants_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Land They are based on a series of novels (1949 and onwards) by Vilhelm Moberg chronicling the fate of a family who decides to migrate from famine/poverty-stricken Swe…

Thanks! Moberg is very well known in the area where I grew up, I'll have to have a look.

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Re: Max Von Sydow has died

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Post by braythwayt »

saiya-jin wrote: post #7

I remember him more from things like 3 days of condor or Lynch's Dune. But 7th seal is a true classic in any and all possible ways. An unmistakable actor. Respect for his work and achievements.

His performance in Three Days of the Condor was masterful. He portrayed a nondescript, unnoticeable man who was nevertheless the leader of a deadly group of assassins, operating in the shadows.

At the time, people were mumbling about Robert Redford, the star. But von Sydow owned every scene he was in.

Re: Max Von Sydow has died

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Post by RHSeeger »

parenthesis wrote: post #6

I recently watched Flash Gordon for the first time since the 1980s, and Max Von Sydow's performance was a definite highlight. Casting a `proper' actor as the villain in a silly movie is always a great idea. (See, for example, Basil Rathbone in The Court Jester .)

I love that movie. There was a time, back during HS, that I could recite every word while it played. I still randomly quote lines from it.
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