Acclaimed Actor Viggo Mortensen on the Pope, Poetry and Art in Politics
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2024
- Actor, poet, photographer and book publisher Viggo Mortensen, star of the "Lord of the Rings" franchise, reads his poem "Back to Babylon" from his newly reissued book, "Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation." Mortensen also shares his thoughts on the progressive bent of Pope Francis and speaking out about injustice while leading a creative life.
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One of the most underrated actors in Hollywood. He is aware of what is going on which is what you cannot say about mostly everyone in the Hollywood industry.
Oh my fucking lord!!! He's so much more than an amazing actor! He's an amazing, kind hearted, brilliant intellectual. I fell in love with him all over again.
and i thought i couldnt love viggo any more then i already did. how wrong i was ! thank you for this.
I agree!
Yep I've known about his view etc for a long time you should get one of his books with his poetry and art which is my job and he's good. Some of his photography on his own press Percival Press and on Amazon and if you've never seen Indian Runner and the 2 faces of January and of course Eastern Promises which I'm sure you have but if you haven't do and his foreign language films which he speaks fluently as you know and Far from Men in which he has to speak in French which he is fluent in but with an eastern dialect. As you can tell I'm a huge fan of his!!
When I say a huge fan that's a bit of an understatement I love him since Portrait of a Lady 1997 and of course when I saw him again in Lord of the Rings as Aragorn/Strider I fell in love with him ( I'm lucky my partner is pretty understanding and has admitted he's good) I just remember thinking that I just saw his eyes with his cloak hood up and a burning pipe and I said to my friend I like him and then remembered his face from the film mentioned above and I saw it a couple more times and took another friend and said there's someone in this that I really like and she saw just his eyes as well and said to me is that the one and of course I said yes she said he was my type but she never got the films sadly... I definitely think that's enough from me!
What a pragmatic and, yet, emotional view of "things as they are." Pretty cool. I don't often care what a celebrity thinks, especially an actor, but this fellow.....good on him.
Just realized I spent the whole video just kind of in a staring trance not even listening. It actually annoys me how attractive he is.
Wow, this guy is super awesome. An awesome role model, very talented and understands what life is about. Gosh, awesome interview!
I just fell in love
He gives props to Paul Robeson! I'm more deeply impressed by him than ever--and that was way deep already.
viiggo is a v ver intelegent man with forsight andd understanding of much the he does and says. brilliant actor for sure and knows how to pickk his materials to work with in movies and theatres bravo viggo bravo
I love that he stands up for what is right!
Viggo is an awesome guy! genuinely good hearted!
The poem. ✍🏻
We All of us..Everywhere need to be engaged in our lives locally & nationally & globally!
'Viggo Mortensen, you knew The Pope?'. Anyone else's name and it would have been a joke, but magic Viggo, yeah I can see that happening somehow. Something likeL 'We used to read poetry together for a brief time in Italy, I actually suggested to him first that he should run for Pope........'
I just love this guy
A great actor and citizen.
Love Viggo!
Twilight of Empire: Response to Occupation. I almost through & i'm telling you it is a VERY good read.
Lousy interviewers. Great artist.
Aragon
As Mark Kermode put it, Viggo Mortensen is the DeNiro of his generation.
+Denis Vargas Even better.
+Denis Vargas Thats not saying much!
Viggo er awesome!
God, he’s so dreamy 😅
Renaissance man...
Democracy is just the cover for tyranny. If we can not question democracy then we are not true democrats. Everyone born into our democracy believes liberalism to be self apparent and self evident, it only makes sense because they grow up in an ever increasingly liberal society.
Freedom itself it not an ideal. And if we can not question this inability to restrain ourselves, how can we move forward in constructive and harmonious ways?
viggo talking about paul Robeson??? you youngster need to read history,thanks viggo
he's so cute
Sad how so many people have been fooled by the new CEO of the Catholic Corporation.
+MMMGrower Still It's way better than the USA Corporation. If Arnold can be president I don't see why Viggo can't. I'ts a free country you know, free speech, free??
Why can't he? He was born in New York, not Austria.
That poem has music too..
With...BUCKETHEAD..🤨
Low def TV is no reflection of a Hi-Def King.
I'm annoyed she cut him off when he was speaking critically of Obama's first term in office
wow dat poem tho...i mean i dont understand most any of it but i know that was fucking dark! is he depressed or just seeing the world as it is?
as it is
The truth will make us all burnt children of The Empire of fantasy
Profoundly talented, intelligent, courageous, compassionate... soulful. selah.
Viggo Mortensen is awesome
He really is a beautiful soul
And a beautiful man. Just saying.
Run for President Viggo.. You'd win.. and be more knowledgeable and loyal to the job then most have been.
You can only criticize Obama for so long until you get cut off and the subject is changed. 🙄
Admired him for 25 years
viggo mortensen we love you. you are a true king.
Viggo, el Papa Francisco y yo somos hincha de San Lorenzo de Almagro de Argentina.
Aerragorn . . . how wonderful! ✌
Viggo Mortensen is like a whiskey - with age he become to better person,phisically and mentally.
When one lives in countries outside of U.S. and sees poverty and revolutionary influence affects history ones opinions and curiosity and the perspective of different languages leads to curiosity
This man can read.
Spanish, English, French, Italian, Danish, and probably more even Elvish 🧝♂️
The Pope is not going against the current, he is following catholic policy.
so intense, like martin fierro