RIP Max von Sydow

No, no, do not be embarrassed about that - it ruled too much to.

Seal’s Death provided my first Doper avatars here, but my takeaway of him will always be the scene near the end of Citizen X, as a psychiatrist, as he calmly reads a description of what turns out to be the same sociopathic character traits of the eponymous killer, sitting across from him (who then breaks down).

I was way too drunk for the somewhat trippy Steppenwolf and will have to watch again - all I remember is something about an impish musician schooling MSV with Beethoven on flute.
And lots of wierd dissolves.

Hey, I didn’t realize he was Swedish.

Rest in Peace, Max, and thank you for your artistry.

Perhaps it is indicative of the profession, as well as the passage of time and fancies, that the knight in The Seventh Seal is also responsible for the line, “I could crush your head, like a nut. But I won’t, because I need you,” from Strange Brew.

The fact that he played both The Exorcist and Ming the Merciless, just … well, RIP, Mr. von Sydow.

I kind of knew this would be coming, but still disappointing. He will have had a career in movies for 9 separate decades.

Fuck Esbern though.

It was a different actor as a tree initially, then Sydow took over to train Bran in… having an interesting story.

Yeah, Until he tried to make me kill Parthurnax. I just walked away from the blades quest at that point 7 years ago, and haven’t been back to SkyHaven since.

At least on PC, there’s a mod to tell him and Delphine to stuff their shenanigans. Normaland SE.