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Pity they didn't mention Dune. Not the best film, nor a big role for him, but for young me it was still a wonderful experience to watch this. He replaced the im

Pity they didn't mention Dune. Not the best film, nor a big role for him, but for young me it was still a wonderful experience to watch this. He replaced the imagined book version of Kynes forever in my head. Peace.

arethuza 7y ago
"Bless the maker and his water, bless the coming and going of him, may his passing cleanse the world."
melling 7y ago
First saw him in Three Days of the Condor, which I loved as a kid. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_days_of_the_condor https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_days_of_the_condor
- 50ckpuppet 7y ago
  One of the most chilling monologues he gave at the end of that movie.
- Diederich 7y ago
  Sydow absolutely crushed that role. In the opening scene, part of the way the massacre, he's calmly trying to get his lighter lit. Creepy and awesome.
  - xenophonf 7y ago
    I don't know why, but the movie is available via the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/ThreeDaysOfTheCondor https://archive.org/details/ThreeDaysOfTheCondor
    - Diederich 7y ago
      Great find, thanks! EDIT: The scene I referenced is 13 minutes and 43 seconds in. Also, I had forgotten that there were two shooters in the beginning. I only remembered 'the mailman'.
    - ce4 7y ago
      Does anyone know why it is available at the Internet Archive? I would not assume that the copyright had expired yet.
rcarmo 7y ago
Oh yes, he played a great Liet Kynes. Appropriately regal and expressive.
Andrew_nenakhov 7y ago
Dune is a great movie. It's just not completed. The first part, up to the meeting with the fremen,is great. Set, costume design, music are all top notch, and actors are all great. But it would be 6 hours long to fit all the book, and the producers didn't know they can split movies in two parts like "It" or "Kill Bill"
Grimm665 7y ago
Wow I didn't know he played Kynes in the movie. In my head I pictured him for the role the whole time I was listening to the audiobook.

arethuza 7y ago

"Bless the maker and his water, bless the coming and going of him, may his passing cleanse the world."

melling 7y ago

First saw him in Three Days of the Condor, which I loved as a kid. https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_days_of_the_condor https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/three_days_of_the_condor

50ckpuppet 7y ago
One of the most chilling monologues he gave at the end of that movie.
Diederich 7y ago
Sydow absolutely crushed that role. In the opening scene, part of the way the massacre, he's calmly trying to get his lighter lit. Creepy and awesome.
- xenophonf 7y ago
  I don't know why, but the movie is available via the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/ThreeDaysOfTheCondor https://archive.org/details/ThreeDaysOfTheCondor
  - Diederich 7y ago
    Great find, thanks! EDIT: The scene I referenced is 13 minutes and 43 seconds in. Also, I had forgotten that there were two shooters in the beginning. I only remembered 'the mailman'.
  - ce4 7y ago
    Does anyone know why it is available at the Internet Archive? I would not assume that the copyright had expired yet.

rcarmo 7y ago

Oh yes, he played a great Liet Kynes. Appropriately regal and expressive.

Andrew_nenakhov 7y ago

Dune is a great movie. It's just not completed. The first part, up to the meeting with the fremen,is great. Set, costume design, music are all top notch, and actors are all great. But it would be 6 hours long to fit all the book, and the producers didn't know they can split movies in two parts like "It" or "Kill Bill"

Grimm665 7y ago

Wow I didn't know he played Kynes in the movie. In my head I pictured him for the role the whole time I was listening to the audiobook.