Max von Sydow RIP

[vandermolen]

Sad news but he lived to be 90.
A great actor:

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/mar/09/max-von-sydow-star-of-the-exorcist-and-the-seventh-seal-dies-aged-90

[relm1]

I loved him, he also added a sense of gravitas in his roles not just with his imposing presence but his subtly too. RIP.  I saw him at the world premiere of Star Wars a few years ago which was a very joyful experience to see all of the cast of the movie.

[Archaic Torso of Apollo]

Yes, a great actor. I mainly associate him with Bergman, but I will never forget this bit, from Woody Allen's Hannah and her Sisters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C86FU8h-d6Y

[Karl Henning]

Yes, a great actor. I mainly associate him with Bergman, but I will never forget this bit, from Woody Allen's Hannah and her Sisters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C86FU8h-d6Y

Aye an astonishing filmography!  From Bergman and Woody Allen, and Minority Report, to Flash Gordon and Strange Brew!

[vandermolen]

Thanks for the interesting comments. I've been out but just switched on the TV to watch a programme about Max von Sydow on Sky Arts, obviously a tribute. It encouraged me to watch more of his Bergman films beyond The Seventh Seal plus some of his Hollywood output. I thought that 'The Magician' looked to be of exceptional interest.

[André]

Thanks for the interesting comments. I've been out but just switched on the TV to watch a programme about Max von Sydow on Sky Arts, obviously a tribute. It encouraged me to watch more of his Bergman films beyond The Seventh Seal plus some of his Hollywood output. I thought that 'The Magician' looked to be of exceptional interest.

It is indeed exceptional. Also not to be missed: Hour of the Wolf and The Virgin Spring.

[SimonNZ]

I'd forgotten Hour Of The Wolf. That's a deeply strange film, even by Bergman's standards.  He's also one of the leads in Through A Glass Darkly and a supporting role in Winter Light, both of which aren't to be missed. Looking at his work with Bergman now I note that I've still not seen The Passion Of Anna or The Touch.

extra non-Bergman Sydow shoutouts to Three Days Of The Condor, Deathwatch and The Wolf At The Door.

[San Antone]

Loved him in Hannah and Her Sisters.

[vandermolen]

It is indeed exceptional. Also not to be missed: Hour of the Wolf and The Virgin Spring.

Thanks my friend 

[vandermolen]

Loved him in Hannah and Her Sisters.

Must watch this one as well.

Thanks to all for recommendations and comments.

[Marc]

Loved him in Hannah and Her Sisters.

Despite his fame because of The Exorcist and playing chess with mr. Death, this was my first thought, too.

May he rest in peace.

[vandermolen]

Despite his fame because of The Exorcist and playing chess with mr. Death, this was my first thought, too.

May he rest in peace.

I like your 'playing chess with Mr Death' comment.

[SimonNZ]

It might seem less important, but I really loved his prologue narration in Lars Von Trier's Zentropa (aka Europa):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXlm3fS0VNs

(hope that link works - I can't tell at work)

[vandermolen]

It might seem less important, but I really loved his prologue narration in Lars Von Trier's Zentropa (aka Europa):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXlm3fS0VNs

(hope that link works - I can't tell at work)

It's terrific! He had such a distinctive voice. Never heard of the film.
Thanks for posting it.

[SimonNZ]

It's terrific! He had such a distinctive voice. Never heard of the film.
Thanks for posting it.

I'm not a Lars Von Trier fan - far from it, in fact - but that film is very good. And does some really interesting things with back-projection all the way through it.

[vandermolen]

I'm not a Lars Von Trier fan - far from it, in fact - but that film is very good. And does some really interesting things with back-projection all the way through it.

Thanks - must try to track it down.

[vandermolen]

Watching 'The Seventh Seal' with its theme of the Knight returning to a plague-ridden Europe and searching for the meaning of things might be appropriate, if depressing viewing at the moment, and yet I've always found it strangely uplifting: