This version of the film (sometimes known as the Godfather Novel version) is much closer to FFC's original vision of the film. With the re-addition of several deleted scenes and the reordering of the story to move chronologically, you truly see the development of Vito Corleone as Godfather, and smoothly move on the Michael's rise as the head of the family. I think my favorite feature of this film is that it moves chronologically. This really lets you parallel some of the things that happen reflecting the similarities and differences of Vito and Michael, as well as some of the fear that the original Godfather creates; for example, now you have the apartment super. scene before the Woltz scene, a brilliant parallel. One thing you lose, though, is the parallel of Vito's view of family and Michael's. The dynamics between husband and wife are very different between them, as the GF2 film shows much better than this. But, overall, it's truly amazing!
Review of The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980
