Celebrity Death: Max Von Sydow

[MXD]

Legend.

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[NyQuil]

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

RIP legend

 

[Osprey]

What a loss. It seemed like he was in every other movie when I was growing up. My earliest familiarity with him is likely from Dune.

Probably his two most recognizable roles to Western/modern audiences:

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

An honest-to-god legend.

And he was in EVERYTHING.

 

[Hockeyfrilla]

Best swedish born actor of all time.

 

[Eisen]

 

[x Tame Impala]

He was in so many good movies. RIP

 

[les Habs]

 

[Jumptheshark]

Hell of a career

I would recommend his Swedish stuff from the 60's--it is very interesting

 

[the squared circle]

He was only 44 on the Exorcist.

RIP

 

[JimboA]

I recently watched The Emigrants (1971), based on the novel-series with the same name about the Swedish emigration to the United States (Minnesota in this case). Max von Sydow plays one of the main characters and I would recommend watching it if you have Swedish roots or if you're just interested in general.

The Emigrants (1971) - IMDb

There's also a sequel, The New Land (1972).

Nybyggarna (1972) - IMDb

 

[Hasbro]

He lost at chess.

 

[TP]

Damn. RIP

 

[Jumptheshark]

Eight of Max Von Sydow's most famous roles

 

[frisco]

Favorite MVS roles:
1) Greatest Story Ever Told.
2) The Exorcist
3) Hannah And Her Sisters

My Best-Carey

 

[Savi]

RIP to an absolute legend.

 

[KallioWeHardlyKnewYe]

This just popped into my head: Earlier this year I watched a fairly minor 70s sci-fi flick called The Ultimate Warrior. Nothing special. I recommend it only if you're really into such things and even then it's probably ok at best. BUT the saving grace of it is that it's two leads are Max Von Sydow and Yul Brenner. Replace them and the movie is probably unwatchable, Von Sydow in particular. It's a fairly nothing part and it probably allowed him to buy a new car or something, but he takes it completely seriously and its that gravitas that gives the movie its most redeeming quality.

I saw a Tweet Monday from the writer Mark Harris (who's great and you should follow if you're on the platform and into movies). I'd embed it, but I suck at those things so I'll just summarize.

He said you could hold three different full and fulfilling film festivals built around Von Sydow:
1. Bergman Von Sydow
2. Paycheck Von Sydow
3. Miscellaneous Von Sydow

I don't know how many actors your could say that about.

 

[Desdichado93]

He also voiced one of the characters in Skyrim.