I think the edited version was probably cut a little too much & the full version meanders a little. Either way, I love this film and this is my favourite scene. Gazzara was brilliant; what a voice!
glad this film has attained cult status, so many great interesting films from the era and this one as well disappear through the cracks when they should be watched, enjoyed, debated and thought about
HBOMAX has the 1978 director's cut at 1hr48min and the 1976 original at 2hr14min. Which is better? Or which is the standard canon? Don't think I've ever seen a director's cut that was a half hour shorter than the feature, interesting
I remember reading somewhere that Cassevettes wasn't happy with the original cut even at the release. But he went on with it anyways. The final cut is when he comes back to it later and puts it together again
