But this comment is really about Francis Coppola's Godfather. I've mentioned it before here, but I'm going to place the accent on it again.

If you have not seen the 2007 restoration, you have not seen the film.

Unless you vividly remember the original screening mid 70's, everything you've seen since VHS and DVD has been based upon very damaged copies.  A labor of love used the most modern tech to restore the original, with some new edits.

This version restores The Godfather series to its rightful place as one of the greatest films of all time.  Nothing i can write would convey the stunning difference, which allows sinking into some of the moodiest filmmaking in history.

The version i have even has two discs of supplemental material.  That i've seen when i first bought the package, but this weekend i began listening to Francis' commentary alone as the film reels. For those who love film, it doesn't get any better.

(My little Francis story:  i went to a reading - script trial - for Bram Stoker's Dracula.  8 actors sitting onstage doing a dramatic reading of the then script version.  i spent some while talking with Francis' son Roman, so missed the first round of wine from the family winery. When i went up to the bar Francis apologized that the only bottle left had been by a warm water heater, and was a bit too warm. I looked him in the eye, said, "Warm blood, warm wine, tonight i'll drink it all." or so. He did his big bear laugh, knowing i got the script, and we talked some  details with really warm Coppola wine.)

"Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage." - Anaïs Nin