When he cried on the cross
he made me believe in Jesus.

When he blessed a devil child
he made me believe in His Word.

When he mated death
he made me believe in the light.

When he ate a wild strawberry
he made me know love.

When he held his son in a new land
he made me feel the wisdom of fathers.

When he showed the hidden Kroners
he made me feel total shame

When he held his dead child in his arms
he made me understand the resurrection of grief.

Max you made me forever hunger
for the million lights illuminating the dark
upon which I build my celluloid church.


The Max von Sydow films referenced in order of appearance:  
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Exorcist
The Seventh Seal
Wild Strawberries
Pelle the Conqueror
Shame
The ****** Spring

I have fond memories of Sweden
A very good country
Apartment in the city
Food, coffee shops

Cycling by the Baltic
Thai singers in the park
Gamla Stan alone
Remember me to Mark

Max Von Sydow
Snow Falling on Cedars
I have obsessive love
And I love Ishmael

Moby **** in my car
Call me an intense reader
Yo soy un silent pleader
Ain't no tongue can tell

    Thomas Frederick Witherell

Max von Sydow
I too saw Stockholm
What a pretty city!
Snow Falling on Cedars
Amazing Ethan Hawke

Precogs and Precrime
How I do love movies!
Back soon to the library
Past the Planetarium
Quietly I walk

             Mad to talk.

Max von Sydow
Bergman confession

Cedar snow, I must let go
Even love can be obsession

He speaks of life beyond death
Or rather hints in quiet

Northwest beauty fest
Swedish sunlight - I do eye it

Wisdom in his speech
Like Ishmael - I try it.

Bergman in Stockholm
in 1937

Art and literature
and movies

Max von Sydow
later reveals

Contacts from Beyond
how groovy!

Genius matures late
According to the Japanese
Max Von Sydow shows
Ethan Hawke sees

Rieko and Takahiro
Wedding in Japan
She gives us traveling money
I become a Samurai man

Lee Tal and Shay
Wedding in Tel Aviv
Lebanese bread
80s videos from MTV

2037
I got my eye on you
Para mi hermano Scott
Dos Vasconcelos views

         La Raza Cosmica!

Max von Sydow on Ingmar Bergman's telling him he would communicate with Max after death to show him we do survive:


I have heard from him many times.

Max von Sydow
        Stockholm I know
                   gravitas