This is even in the cases where he was given a role that wasn't notable, where he was cast to try to make it so, like The Force Awakens. He's one of the very few actors I can name who I never saw truly phone in a performance. Perhaps an even greater reason for this was that no matter the film, the genre, the story, the size of the part, or even the quality of the film, it never seemed to matter for von Sydow. One of the definite reasons for this was as von Sydow was a notable performer in that he not only broke out internationally but he never lost touch with his roots either. Unlike so many actors, there was never a truly "off" decade or period for von Sydow as he managed to find notable work from his humble beginnings in Sweden all the way to the very end of his career that included highest budgeted Hollywood films. Max von Sydow's career was remarkable in itself as his managed to traverse across directors, language barriers, genres, and decades of ever changing film. It is of course with a heavy heart that one must learn of the departure of a true legend of an actor such as Max von Sydow, but within that we may all also appreciate the life, career and legacy that he left behind. Hamsun, as per usual it seems for Jan Troell, is an underrated film following the later life of a celebrated writer turned Nazi supporter.
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