Max von Sydow on Ingmar Bergman

[@bbenjoe]

RIP Max von Sydow (1929-2020).

[@aleksanderszymanowski6631]

A humble, acting genius. Sweden salutes you.

[@gasaholic47]

RIP sir. No matter your role, you brought gravitas to the screen.

[@angelcastaneda529]

This really hurts, RIP Max Von Sydow. Where to start: The Seventh Seal, The Exorcist, Dune, Awakenings, Hannah and Her Sisters, Minority Report, Shutter Island, Game of Thrones, The Emigrants, Pelle the Conqueror, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. What a freaking legend.

[@anthonyjyearwood816]

@Angel, a Cinephile You did not mention more of his brilliant early work, i.e. The Virgin Spring, The Magician, Winter Light, and on and on...

[@angelcastaneda529]

I know I missed a few of his earlier works. Max had so many films over the years that I forgot to mention some.

[@realUlfricStormcloak]

Dude why does it hurt? He was 90. He was already accomplished. Let the man die. He earned it. 😀🍸

[@anthonyjyearwood816]

@Ulfric Stormcloak Piffle.

[@realUlfricStormcloak]

@@anthonyjyearwood816 how so? Why does his death have to be sad? I could see if he were a friend to you or a relative. If he was younger and died, sure that's sad, a man cut down in his prime. But this man was 90 and accomplished.

[@thetruestrepairman7423]

Best actor of the world talking about the best director in the world. RIP Max von Sydow.

[@ImYourHuckleberry_29]

The first time I caught a glimpse of The Seventh Seal on TCM, I sat there stopping in the middle of whatever it was that I was doing, and I was drawn to the screen. I was mesmerized. The game between Sydow & Death has to be one of cinema's most iconic moments. RIP Mr. Sydow. A true thespian.

[@ottmarsoulier7432]

Yes..and this scene, whole film actually is even more impressive by it's silence and black and white.. Really good. When I was a small kid and saw this first time I was scared shitless.

[@louise_rose]

It was the first film he did with Bergman - allthough they had worked together in a couple of productions at Malmö City Theatre (the name now changed to Malmö Opera, but it has always been both a spoken-word and musical/opera theatre) whwere Bergman was the chief artistic director during a famous era in the 1950s. Max must have seemed a spectacular find to Bergman, here he had the actor who could play Faust, Peer Gynt, Strindberg and Shakespeare lead roles probing the depths of responsibility and tragedy - von Sydow's mix of natural authority, gravitas and ability to convey intimacy and kindness were invaluable for him (Death is played by Bengt Ekeroth, an actor Bergman didn't really like personally and sometimes found unprofessional in other contexts, but who was also a perfect fit for his part here). I used to say that if somebody were to make a bio-pic of Dante (not a film version of the Divina Cmmedia but a film about Dante and his life and times, which are dramatic enough), then Max von Sydow would have been an instant choice for the main character. I still can't think of anyone who would have done it better.

[@christoffersundberg8689]

Max von Sydow. Swedens greatest export. He and Ingmar Bergman makes me proud to be a swede

[@kingwilson06ad]

You must be proud! 🙂

[@brentnoury7626]

What about Bjorn Borg?? Ok him too? Lol

[@louise_rose]

Bergman and Death (Bengt Ekerot) are currently featured on Swedish bank notes, in a photo taken on the set of The Seventh Seal, where the two are seen from behind, sitting under a tree and discussing a scene. :)

[@suzukirm125ify]

I love his voice!!

[@jubalcalif9100]

Yes ! What a magnificent voice ! And what a terrifically talented actor !

[@jubalcalif9100]

Me too!

[@gregarnold1696]

I saw him interviewed on tv and he began to cry remembering his home in Sweden which he had been away from for some time. He was a talent and a real man with feeling and dreams loved Max

[@corfan99]

He deserves an Honorary Oscar for his body of work....a fine actor.

[@catherinea6690]

Actually he was great actor especially in the 60s and 70s

[@jessica5497]

@@catherinea6690 i dont think he was saying "Fine" in the sense of "ok actor" but as a excelent actor... That's what fine actor means. And yes, he was great 💜

[@finnkdy]

@@catherinea6690understatement goes Whoosh!

[@petersolomon8894]

Not just the marvellous Max von Sydow, but all cinema goers have much to thank Ingmar Bergman for. He was one of the most literate filmmakers of the 20th century.

[@andrew_owens7680]

And largely lost to the new generation who generally have difficulty in watching b&w films.

[@mckavitt13]

@@andrew_owens7680 And intelligent, non-action films. Bergman was an emotional blockbuster in himself. PS. Decent questions.

[@eddieb7054]

I was very fortunate to take a course in Bergman in the early 1970s. As I have gotten older, the films make more sense. Thank you to Jim Welch for teaching this course.

[@65g4]

Andrew_Owens I'm 33 years old I'm delving into his films I've the seventh seal and the Virgin spring I want to see more I love old classic films

[@jubalcalif9100]

Well said and well put ! I agree 100 per cent !

[@ottmarsoulier7432]

Thank you dear Max...for all the beautiful acting you showed us😪

[@jubalcalif9100]

My sentiments exactly!

[@georgebradley4583]

My all time favourite actor. Rest in peace!

[@cyberlioness]

Powerhouse of a man. Absolute integrity and genuine expressive true talent.

[@starlight_garden]

I sense quite a bit of nervousness in this interview.

[@jubalcalif9100]

Well said and well put! Totally agree!

[@aNdzel0t]

You can tell it was very hard for him to put his feelings into words.. he was sensitive like Bergman too.. such a legends to the movie craft!

[@supermodel2]

How did the academy never give this great actor at the very least an honorary Oscar. What a mistake on their part!!!

[@starbird1111]

And you Max Von Sydow, belong to the realm of legends now. You were what’s best in men.

[@jubalcalif9100]

I could listen to the late great Mr. Sydow all day long...or all night long, for that matter. Mesmerizing voice. And a true icon of the screen.

[@ivangomez123]

Farewell forever dear Max Von Sydow (1929-2020)!! One for the greatest actors of the 20th Century.

[@lindaleite2758]

So many thanks to you, to the actresses and to Ingmar Bergman himself! I do miss you all.

[@dreadree3321]

RIP to a great talent. You leave behind a legacy sir. A long, lasting legacy

[@kentxx12]

I love when he said,i hear from bergman many time after he died,and Max von Sydow is a legend R.I.P

[@The_Plain_Truth]

He was a good actor he was in one of my favourite films Three days of the Condor .

[@lindalicata8303]

What a legend. Never won an Oscar. Maybe he will get one now. He made so many films. My favorite is The Exorcist. RIP Max. God Bless You.

[@kim-op8hx]

Exorcist is the scariest movie of all time.

[@notsureiL]

@@kim-op8hx power of the Christ compels you.

[@kim-op8hx]

@@notsureiL God protects me from evil.

[@louise_rose]

He was the leading man in several films that won Oscars though: Bergman's The Virgin Soring and Through a Glass Darkly (won Best Foreign Film Oscars back to back) The Exorcist, The Emigrants (great film directed by Jan Troell, another iconic Swedish filmmaker who is still active at the age of ninety) - and of course, he has played both Jesus Christ and the Devil (in Needful Things). :) A true legend, I agree, with an amazing range.

[@senseimilli]

4:10 RIP Max von Sydow :( Your legacy and works will live on forever

[@YoutubeVagabond]

I happened to watch The Seventh seal with English subtitles. After some time during the film I felt I should set my eyes more on acting performances of cast than reading the subtitles.God bless everyone associated with the movie.

[@rayryeridge3313]

Any actor today pales in comparison,Just watch Pelle the conquerer and he will shake you to the core! A true icon and legend!

[@andtruthisnotforeveryone3021]

Exactly! His role as " Lassefar " in Pelle is my favorite and completely unforgettable!

[@castelodeossos3947]

The way he conveys his character's natural humility is unrivalled. An internationally famous actor so utterly convincingly playing such a simple man.

[@MrTraderon]

It never ceases to amaze me how far ahead of American cinema Swedish films and actors were in the 1950s. Bergman and his "family" of actors were in a class by themselves. They were so incredibly good.

[@999titu]

One of favourite actors. Discovered him in the shutter Island.

[@felix121984]

One of my favorite actors !

[@liubaify]

He is incredible and Immortal :)

[@PaulDoe79]

The Virgin Spring was first thing I ever saw him in. 56 years after playing that role I recognized him in Game of Thrones as the Three Eyed Raven.

[@QFbGrEdut]

Rest in peace, one of the best actors of all time!

[@phspalace1021]

I agree with you 100 % Diego.

[@el6178]

Charlie is a master interviewer. What an incredible man Von Sydov was.

[@randymarsengill6035]

Charlie Rose couldn’t interview a turd 💩 in a swimming pool.

[@AtCloseRange]

"Three Days of the Condor", "The exorcist", "Victory" and his most memorable character in "Needful Things", unforgettable actor, i miss him, RIP Max

[@CharleneTupas]

Now rest your beautiful soul dear knight! 🙏 Thank you so much Sir Max von Sydow!

[@FranoisRefuge]

I'll miss you and your work.

[@carloslozada470]

Incredible actor

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indubitably!

[@frankjamesbonarrigo7162]

I spoke to my father after he passed . Thru someone that has that gift. 😊

[@DKForeman]

RIP to A great actor

[@starlight_garden]

Faith is a very private thing in Sweden, it's apparent he was comfortable talking about it here.

[@cud9104]

RIP, Max von Sydow. I cant accept that ive known & became obsessed with him & Bergman's filmography few months after his passing on 2020.

[@andreaseriksson8803]

Being a swede you know him from birth.

[@solasistim336]

One of greatest actors ever

[@beedykh2235]

May he rest in peace.

[@LG-lb7sf]

Last night I had a dream about Max Von Sydow. Often my dreams are sometimes "visitations". Sometimes they wake me up. I was awakened at 3am last night because of a dream about Max. Awake, I felt the lingering of a spirit from a grandfather that I did not recognize. Sometimes I get nightly visitations from my grandma or my husband's grandparents; they often give me names or information that I wouldn't already know about, that's how I'm able to believe that it is in fact them visiting me from beyond or so we suspect. Anyway, Max, in this dream last night, was largely immobile and at the end of his life but he wanted to see the Christmas show/parade. He just wanted to celebrate Christmas. I don't know how he did it but he got himself out to see the show, sat there in a chair in the very cold snow. It looked like he was suffering from dementia and he was saying things to his son just like he did in the film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. He said: "Je te manque... ehhh... non tu me manques, which means, Do you miss me, I miss you (directing it at his son)" (I also speak French). When the show was over I wondered how to get him home, I thought it'd be best to have a police officer bring him home. Then I awoke at 3am and felt him there and was perplexed as to why I would be feeling the presence of a late prolific actor I never think of. What was strange was that when I finally managed to fall back asleep, there were messages saying I was a medium, but most of all, that there was in fact an afterlife. In the morning I told my husband about all of it. We wondered what it meant like we always do. I didn't know what to do with it but it bothered me. But now I understand after watching this interview (5:25 mark), that Max Von Sydow was sent to show me that the afterlife is truly real just like Ingmar Bergman had done for him, something I never truly believed in despite all my mystical experiences (I was agnostic like him). It was in googling him and reading in his wiki about his out of this world experience with Bergman's spirit that I had to hear it for myself, which is why I am watching this interview (having never previously watched it before). I figure somehow, I needed to see and hear it with my own two eyes, verbally, from some type of firsthand, oddball, unbelievable, way, that the afterlife is real. So yea, that's the story of how Max Von Sydow got me to believe in the afterlife. Thanks Max, I'll never be the same! Also, to his sons, he misses you beyond words!

[@Johnconno]

@ L G. Mind how you go now, best of luck with your recovery...

[@montygill2835]

RIP max 💔

[@waldirmeiguins2166]

SEM DÚVIDA! UM GRANDE ATOR DE UM EXTRAORDINÁRIO TALENTO!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@Sega_Dreams]

RIP! What a great actor!

[@aut1976]

🙆 actor 🎭. Incredible to start with Ingmar Bergman.

[@mallorybesom1717]

I've always liked von Sydow as an actor, but this interview is his best performance, I think.

[@jubalcalif9100]

You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe !

[@ivanspaziano1977]

Both can rest in peace 🙏

[@albertgrant1017]

A brilliant actor. ,!

[@jubalcalif9100]

You speak the truth, Kemo Sabe!

[@krzysztofbernas5602]

never would have expected the last part. interesting

[@jarretgrathwol4790]

What a great voice.

[@nancyvega2606]

Love Him!

[@SlimyboyDave]

R.I.Peace Max von Sydow! 💔

[@prabirmitra2755]

Intimate and illuminating.

[@jubalcalif9100]

True.

[@FreestyleAllTheWay-ik4gm]

Max Von Sydow was actually the voice of Vigo the Carpathian from Ghostbusters II. Vigo was played by Wilhelm Von Homburg.

[@65g4]

Bergman was a master

[@jubalcalif9100]

Indubitably!

[@yusefendure]

Charlie Rose really should have done more active-listening. To have the confession scene from The Seventh Seal edited out of this video was egregious in addition. Max Von Sydow, nevertheless, was brilliant in this interview, and he is a giant of cinema.

[@49metal]

Charlie's pushing answers into von Sydow's mouth until he accepts the Rose narrative is most distressing. Very upsetting. I would so much have liked to hear the man answer the questions put to him instead of being forced into yes or no formulations. It is very sad.

[@jonathanclarke281]

He gave him a lot of time to speak but obviously it's a dialogue between interviewer and interviewee so there has to be some interaction. Every interviewer has his own style!

[@MrRufusRToyota]

It’s a copyright issue that the clip is excised here.

[@nomad6218]

This man was a legend. And surprisingly sounds British. Is it just me?

[@sebastianverney7851]

fantastic interview. fascinating what he says at 5.00

[@jubalcalif9100]

How true ! I could listen to the perceptive, articulate & intelligent Mr Von Sydow talk all day long...all night long for that matter. What a great actor and class act.

[@zdunas23]

Omg how great

[@philanderer23]

vila i frid Max

[@abtinbaghestany7825]

Let's put my passion into these three words: I love Bergman!

[@GaryFox11000]

Three Days of the Condor Hitman - Masterpiece , precision ! 👍😃

[@MIXMASTERRFS3]

I love his accent!

[@jubalcalif9100]

He had one of the greatest voices ever.

[@adrianoiadicicco2968]

Genius

[@HG-pi3qp]

Amazing

[@bengtjohnsson6683]

God bless you

[@KarlHainer]

Brilliant.

[@DupontandLowesWarrior]

R.I.P. Max Von Sydow

[@vdnkvndsk00]

Svensk legend=Swedish legend

[@heinrichvon]

This is a very poignant interview. Notice that at 3:00 Sydow struggles to recall, but cannot, the title of Bergman's The Seventh Seal, the movie that made both of them famous.

[@Losrandir]

I'm not that sure that he wouldn't recall it. He just chose to say it in a different way, since we all know what movie he's referring to.

[@michaelcristian8998]

Matt Newman Well the guy is OLD! I think we can give him a break.

[@fannyanne2]

thank you

[@daaawwwaaa]

heinrichvon its hard to translate from swedish to english in your head sometimes, i struggle with that sometimes. The word gets stuck on the tip of your tongue often!

Yes, he was old, but I also think it was because of the difference of the title in English...

[@alexanderscott2456]

I had no idea that Max von Sydow was the Three Eyed Raven. To me he was always just the guy from The Seventh Seal. I never made the connection.

[@jamiesharp152]

Super Max,from the Seventh Seal to Conan the Barbarian & everything in between,he left his ego at the door & gave us the "performance".

[@TheMahuida]

genio maestro

[@juliusnepos6013]

R.I.P

[@RoyShouriMustango]

RIP

[@rezanabavi4802]

This actor could read the phone book to you and it would be interesting. RIP

[@jubalcalif9100]

Right On !!

[@adelasani597]

this guy was esbern in skyrim

[@realUlfricStormcloak]

As cool as that was, I could not betray Parthunaax.☝😐

[@sandramorey2529]

He will always be the intellectually tortured knight playing chess with death. Wonderful actor.

[@solasistim336]

Yes🙏 My alltime fave movie!

[@65g4]

R.i.p max

[@ingvarhallstrom2306]

The scene with the Knight and the Death, it can not be played for shits and giggles, it only becomes profound when it is played for real. But imagine the Chutzpah of going for the real in that situation? For anybody else it would've played out as banal. Woody Allen could only do it as a spoof. Imagine going in there and doing it for real. That's balls.

[@GrantTarredus]

Thank you for this! Did Von Sydow ever - prior to or after this interview- say anything more about the ways in which Bergman had “come” to him? Does anyone know if he meant anything like supernatural manifestations? I assume he didn’t, and that he would be loathe to think he had been misunderstood so grossly, but I don’t know. Am I safe in thinking he was speaking more subtly?

[@lifestyles2482]

He truly said that Bergman came to him in spirit. He never said more. But alluded to it again. I know it to be true also. You have to search for it. It rarely just comes to you. Although it may to some. I had to search. I wish I could show you. Or tell you all. Keep open and search for your truth. The truth.

[@jacksonkempen236]

I don't believe in an afterlife myself but would want to know what Ingmar meant. I mean he's not a neuroscientist or anything, but maybe he knew something I don't.

[@lifestyles2482]

@@jacksonkempen236 if you go searching for spiritual experiences, I mean real measurable experiences, you will find them. It’s crazy when you realize that something is out there listening. I was raised Catholic. Never spoke about spirits or ghosts ever. I tried to employ the scientific method to see if I could reach a friend who died. Recorder on, that’s it. Nothing else. I don’t get him, but got something else. I shit u not. I have multiple degrees, I’m not stupid or gullible. What transpired was life changing. Search for it how u like. *IF. But people who dismiss those things without ever even trying, those people don’t make sense to me. To dismiss quite possibly the most earth shattering possibilities in life based on others’ beliefs or a hunch is crazy to me. Something is out there. I rarely speak on this. But intent is the key.

[@jacksonkempen236]

@@lifestyles2482 My personal problem with that as a skeptic is that these experiences people claim to have, (NDE, OBE, etc) are subjective and can't be empirically tested. Plus the fact when I hear stories like this where people claim to have communicated with the spirit of a person and when asked further will not answer, that just makes me more skeptical. Regardless of all that, it's not the question of whether an afterlife exists, but whether I want one to exist that haunts me. Would I want to be conscious in some form forever?

[@lifestyles2482]

@@jacksonkempen236 well they can be replicated, I just wouldn’t want to replicate it personally. It wasn’t pleasant for me. It wasn’t what I was looking for. Someone explain to me, and they are Christian, that part of the energy or personality degrades over time after death, so it’s really not the true person or spirit anymore but it’s very similar and that’s why people can interact with those. The true soul goes to heaven or hell or purgatory. He is a scholar. I’m not telling you that because I think that he knows everything I’m just giving a perspective from somebody who studies and is a ranking member of the church etc. All I can say is, I was able to replicate but I wouldn’t wanna do it again. My physical reality was affected. The room, me all that. Voice on record. It said something so personal and accurate, Remarked that I should get something I just had purchased. I mean at minimum you can agree that if you had a direct cause and effect of that magnitude, it would affect you? I asked. It did. It again, not what I was looking for. Not my friend as far as I know. Something exists that can interact with us, unseen, intelligent enough, and intent is the fuse. That’s all I know. I had to search for it tho. I had to make the first move it seems.

[@Telamonian]

@@jacksonkempen236 you are too egotistical to want an afterlife, trust me, if you don’t want to be with God he will make it so

[@ILIK3HATERZ]

This guy plays a brewmaster in Strange Brew & has an assistant named TED!

[@FusionCoreHoarder]

Imo Max von Sydow was underrated. He wasn't as well known as Michael Caine or Morgan Freeman, even though I do think he deserved to be up there

[@royalmontpark]

He really aged well

[@jubalcalif9100]

He did indeed!

[@shameemamallik]

♥

[@cpetrizzi]

I really wish Rose would have let Max talk at the end about his spirituality instead of "filling in the blanks." Interviewers need to STFU sometimes.

[@jefolson6989]

He was in some of the greatest films in history. And STRANGE BREW with Bob and Doug Mackenzie. Must not have taken himself too seriously. His voice has a righteousness, used to great effect as Jesus.

[@lordnilsson1]

Ingmar Bergman celebrate 100 years..!? Well, then he was right. There is a life after death...

[@phaedo1384]

Nope, just wishing there was

[@soeffingwhat]

@@phaedo1384 Whether or not there is life after death, the belief of such is important for a lot of people. So long as they don't ram their beliefs down your throat (and you don't ram yours down theirs) then its fine.

[@elaskarov3350]

5:58 😥😥😥

[@Willburys]

I remember me as Child saw Max von Sydow as Jesus Christ on tv.After this Film i thought he is it!

[@graziflorida4377]

How old was Max here ?

[@maydom04]

82 or 83

[@Kimchiboy08]

Hail King Osric!

[@yusefendure]

Watch Mr. Von Sydow in Shutter Island.

[@mckavitt13]

I prefer him in Swedish & British & German films.

[@scialyticsteve]

I thought he was great in Three Days of the Condor

[@sumpleA]

I love Ian Mckellan, but I think Von Sydow would have been the perfect Gandalf for me.

[@xBo0oDy]

Is this guy esbern ?

[@henriqueroque9797]

yes