Take a look at what's more in the 251mins extended version, some analysis in the comments seems to be in vain~

After reading the comments of "Once Upon a Time in America", it seems that they are all looking at the 229mins version. It should be understood that after the rough cut was completed, the film developed by Sergi Lyon was 10 hours long, and was then reduced to a 6-hour version that he was more satisfied with. Later, when it was released, he planned to cut it into a four-hour version, but he strongly agreed that a two- to three-hour version was more appropriate. However, the film company was dissatisfied with this and asked someone to reduce the film to a shorter length. When "Once Upon a Time in America" ​​was released in 1984, it was cut to 139 minutes horizontally and vertically due to the length of the film, resulting in unclear storytelling. As a result, the film suffered a double fiasco of word-of-mouth and box office.
Some of the segments added in the 251mins version are still useful for understanding the plot.
1) When Noodles visited an old friend in the luxurious cemetery, there was a conversation with the architect of the mausoleum. At this time, a Cadillac with the license plate number 8J8276 was always nearby. According to section 4, this is MAX’s car, and the inside should be MAX.
2) After killing the gang who hired them to rob diamonds, the noodles drove into the river to swim. The scene of them frolicking in the river is added here, but there are only three people. Although there is no sound, they have been shouting for noodles from the perspective of their mouths.
3) After the connection, the picture is not directly cut to the noodles watching TV in the Fat Mo Bar, but 35 years after the noodles appeared at the door of the MAX private house, with a mixer at the door. (This plot shows that the mixer that appeared at the door of the last night when the noodles left the MAX private house was not an illusion, because he was there all the time)
4) Connected, the Cadillac with license plate number 8J8276 drove out of the private house, but exploded soon. According to the news when watching TV in the noodles behind, the district attorney was sitting inside.
5) Meet Carl again at the secret bar. Carl chose MAX. After the noodles left, there was a conversation with his driver;
6) After the noodles rape Deborah and asked the driver to take her back, a section of noodles and Eve were added The bridge section where you met and SEX;
7) Connected, added the picture of Deborah eating snacks in the train station restaurant;
8) Before Noodles went to see Deborah who was
removing makeup, added a segment of Deborah’s performance of "Cleopatra"; 9) Before Noodles went to his room in MAX's private house, added a dialogue between MAX and the union leader Bridge segment. MAX has no chance of turning over the accusation, and the guild boss asks him to sign a document that should be a confession and allows the guild boss to get away completely, so that his children can inherit 12% of the property, otherwise they will have nothing. After MAX signed, the guild boss said before he left that he hoped there would be a gunshot here tonight. At this time, MAX should see the noodles coming from the monitor and say "Maybe you will".

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