Max Von Sydow has died
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Max Von Sydow has died
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#2Good god, I just finished watching Shutter Island and then read this. May he rest in peace.
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#3Ming is dead.
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#4Max played a critical role in what I think is an under-rated science fiction movie called “Until the End of the World.” He comes into the story pretty late, and is crucial to a tricky transition from a “road” movie to something far more dramatic.
That seemed to be a popular role for him later in life—a sort of super character actor who could come in and punch up the gravitas of any scene with just a few lines. I think that says a lot about his abilities as an actor.
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#6I 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.)
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#7I 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.
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#8Pity 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.
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#9Stellar performance as the weary knight in "The Seventh Seal", a film more than 60 years old. Well worth seeing today and to some - with the elements of a plague in the background - of particular contemporary relevance.
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#10Ming is dead.
That was a pretty amazing death scene.