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Garion_55

(1,915 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 08:36 AM Mar 2020

Max von Sydow, star of The Exorcist and The Seventh Seal, dies aged 90

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/

Max von Sydow, the Swedish actor who made his name in a series of landmark films with Ingmar Bergman before progressing to international stardom, has died. He was 90.

Von Sydow continued to work through his 70s and 80s, combining substantial roles in Europe – including as the father in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly – with chewy supporting work in Hollywood productions such as Minority Report (2002), Shutter Island, Robin Hood and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (all 2011).

He won a new generation of admirers for cameos in The Simpsons, in the first of the new Star Wars trilogy, 2015’s The Force Awakens, and as the Three-eyed Raven in season six of Game of Thrones.

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

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Max von Sydow, star of The Exorcist and The Seventh Seal, dies aged 90 (Original Post) Garion_55 Mar 2020 OP
Legendary actor... hlthe2b Mar 2020 #1
Great actor! Dennis Donovan Mar 2020 #2
That was such a campy movie, but Zoonart Mar 2020 #18
Three Day of the Condor. CincyDem Mar 2020 #3
I thought immediately of this film lapfog_1 Mar 2020 #10
I love the movies he made with Liv Ullmann. madaboutharry Mar 2020 #4
The Seventh Seal made a big impression on me as a college freshman Zorro Mar 2020 #5
One of my favorite of his roles was... MarianJack Mar 2020 #6
RIP, an amazing actor Demonaut Mar 2020 #7
Great great actor. Zoonart Mar 2020 #8
My very favorite Max Von Sydow scene. Sugar Smack Mar 2020 #16
We are sharing a brain. Zoonart Mar 2020 #17
We must be, Frida Zoonart. Sugar Smack Mar 2020 #19
What an actor! bronxiteforever Mar 2020 #9
He was in Strange Brew and was very funny in that role Joe Nation Mar 2020 #11
Needful Things underpants Mar 2020 #12
Same here Bayard Mar 2020 #25
S. King can be hilarious. alphafemale Mar 2020 #36
Mandela Effect Denis Enko Mar 2020 #13
Me 2 MFM008 Mar 2020 #21
Hannah and Her Sisters. edbermac Mar 2020 #14
That was the first thing I thought of too. Hilarious, and so true! TexasBushwhacker Mar 2020 #35
RIP Max colsohlibgal Mar 2020 #15
I loved him in Heidi (2005) Maribelle Mar 2020 #20
"I've been at your side a long time." Paladin Mar 2020 #22
Wow. BumRushDaShow Mar 2020 #23
The Last Place on Earth Mendocino Mar 2020 #24
... Anon-C Mar 2020 #26
First thing I thought of was The Seventh Seal. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #27
Rest In Peace 47of74 Mar 2020 #28
He was the only actor, to my knowledge, to play both Jesus and Satan Clash City Rocker Mar 2020 #29
One of the true greats... Downtown Hound Mar 2020 #30
Hawaii - a hard-ass preacher who finally found God. keithbvadu2 Mar 2020 #31
R.I.P. dalton99a Mar 2020 #32
The Virgin Spring PlanetBev Mar 2020 #33
Who can forget him... heckles65 Mar 2020 #34
r.i.p. Blue_Tires Mar 2020 #37

Zoonart

(11,875 posts)
18. That was such a campy movie, but
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 09:09 AM
Mar 2020

Max was unforgettable as Ming and the costumes were absolutely fabulous.

lapfog_1

(29,218 posts)
10. I thought immediately of this film
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 08:48 AM
Mar 2020

and how it was so very accurate in some ways.

and how good he was in it.

madaboutharry

(40,216 posts)
4. I love the movies he made with Liv Ullmann.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 08:41 AM
Mar 2020

The Immigrants and The New Land are two of my favorite movies. They are true masterpieces.

He was a wonderfully gifted actor and a good person.

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
6. One of my favorite of his roles was...
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 08:45 AM
Mar 2020

...in Three Days of the Condor with Robert Redford and Faye Dunaway.

Small role, small movie but one of my favorites. I loved the credit line "based on the book "Six Days of the Condor."

RESIST!

bronxiteforever

(9,287 posts)
9. What an actor!
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 08:47 AM
Mar 2020

Antonius Block : This is my hand. I can turn it. The blood is still running in it. The sun is still in the sky and the wind is blowing. And I... I, Antonius Block, play chess with Death.

underpants

(182,863 posts)
12. Needful Things
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 08:50 AM
Mar 2020

The Sheriff (Ed Harris) goes to lunch with this strange new man in town.

Sheriff: So, where are you from?
Leland Grant (von Sydow): pauses then says “Ohio”


I always thought that was hilarious

edbermac

(15,942 posts)
14. Hannah and Her Sisters.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 08:54 AM
Mar 2020

“You see the whole culture. Nazis, deodorant salesmen, wrestlers, beauty contests, a talk show. Can you imagine the level of a mind that watches wrestling? But the worst are the fundamentalist preachers. Third grade con men telling the poor suckers that watch them that they speak with Jesus, and to please send in money. Money, money, money! If Jesus came back and saw what's going on in his name, he'd never stop throwing up.”

colsohlibgal

(5,275 posts)
15. RIP Max
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 09:04 AM
Mar 2020

If you live long enough icons from your life keep checking out......sad and it doesn’t portend well for we Boomers.

Paladin

(28,269 posts)
22. "I've been at your side a long time."
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 09:32 AM
Mar 2020

Says Death to Von Sydow's Knight, in the classic "The Seventh Seal."

RIP to a genuinely brilliant actor. It seems like every few days, we're losing another great one.

BumRushDaShow

(129,317 posts)
23. Wow.
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 09:53 AM
Mar 2020

What a loss... Lost track of him after his appearance in SW:TFA.



R.I.P. and thank you for such iconic acting!

heckles65

(549 posts)
34. Who can forget him...
Mon Mar 9, 2020, 12:59 PM
Mar 2020

as the arch villain who dares match wits against the formidable intellects of the McKenzie Brothers in cerebral drama "Strange Brew?"

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