I always thought he was one of the greatest actors ever to grace the screen. Truly a shock to see the headline.
Max Von Sydow has died
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#62I 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 .)
Raul Julia in Street Fighter.
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#63I quite liked him in The Black Hole, which is a weird Scifi flick Disney put out in the 80's. Quite dark for a Disney flick.
That was Maximilian Schell.
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#64The Magician, Wild Strawberries, Through a glass darkly, The Virgin Spring and the Seventh Seal. These films are 50 years old! Being in these films alone would be enough to qualify as a cinema legend and he still had nearly 50 years to go! Extraordinary!!!
Not a major role in Wild Strawberries, though? Agree with you nonetheless!
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#65His film I've watched was an old Danish one, Pelle Erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror) from director Bille August.
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#66I 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 .)
> Casting a `proper' actor as the villain in a silly movie is always a great idea.
Kenneth Branagh in Wild Wild West. (Not sure if that example supports or refutes your claim.)
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#67I 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 .)
Raul Julia in Street Fighter.
Didn't Raul Julia do that because one of his grandchildren loved Street Fighter?
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#68I was almost offended when Facebook popped me an article named "The Game Of Thrones and Judge Dredd star died", and none of the hundreds of comments ever mentioned anything but the three-eyed raven. Sad.
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#69Pity 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.
Dune is a great movie. It's just not completed. The first part, up to the meeting with the fremen,is great. Set, costume design, music are all top notch, and actors are all great. But it would be 6 hours long to fit all the book, and the producers didn't know they can split movies in two parts like "It" or "Kill Bill"
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#70I'm sad. He was one of my favorite actors:
Flash Gordon
The Emigrants
The Flight of the Eagle
Heidi
Hawaii