Longer Cut ?

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One thing I remember about the shorter/theatrical version is that it does not include the love scene with Camilla, Duchess of Crotone. When Giuliano and his gang invade her house party, steal her's and her guests' jewelry, they immediately leave -wanting and needing nothing more from this roomful of the priviledged elite. This theatrical version shows Giuliano more as a Robin Hood-type revolutionary with a disciplined determination to restore to the peasants some of Sicily's wealth that had been stolen from them. Giuliano was not tempted or distracted by the allure of the Duchess, and remained faithful to his crusade (and his fiancee, Giovanna). It was refreshing to see Giuliano show this spoiled, overindulged Duchess that there was something (and someone) in this world she could not have -just because she wanted it.
Instead, in the extended Director's Cut, we see the invasion of the house party, the robbery of the Duchess and her guests, then Giuliano's men waiting nervously and impatiently outside the bedroom (still holding the house guests at gunpoint) waiting for Giuliano to complete this sexual tryst, and meaningless diversion, with the Duchess.
I think restoring this scene from the cutting room floor detracted from the character of Giuliano as an idealistic revolutionary and reduced him to the level of a run-of-the-mill egomaniac.