The Fireside

  Sometimes, it's amazing how an alternate version of a film can affect its quality: The Hobbit extended editions made them somewhat tolerable, Kingdom of Heaven (Director's Cut) is vastly superior to what was released in theatres in every aspect, Ridley Scott with Blade Runner (The Final Cut) has also released his definitive version of that film, and the Zack Snyder version of Justice League looks to right some of the wrongs of the Joss Whedon-finished version. And so we come to the third Godfather film. As mentioned, there are two versions of it: the original release, which was released cinematically, called The Godfather: Part III , and this new re-edit of it called The Godfather Coda . As evident from the introduction given by Francis Coppola (segments of this were used to promote the film on social media) you can tell that this is the version - and title - that he initially intended to come out. He seems to be very firm on his stance that this is his preferred, definit...

  It has recently been announced that for the 30th anniversary of The Godfather: Part III , Francis Ford Coppola is re-cutting the film in a new version, titled: The Godfather Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone . This a lengthy post, divided into three parts. The first, is about The Death of Corleone and the second would be about different edits/versions of the films, and ending with what I can see the 4K release containing. Blog Post: Part I - The Godfather: Part III and The Death of Michael Corleone To read the official announcement, go here: https://variety.com/2020/film/news/godfather-part-iii-ending-new-version-theaters-1234758590/?fbclid=IwAR3Xa3jn2QhMggqL5BPTEY-21OrxAzsrAzIZhBXJSqHgNoTn75Na3JQSX6o . However for convenience of reading a blog post, I'll be putting relevant info in this post directly. " 'Mario Puzo's THE GODFATHER, Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone' is an acknowledgement of Mario's and my preferred title and our original intentions...