in 2008, hudson re-edited "revolution", giving the film a narration by al pacino. the "observer" film critic philip french writing about the new version said, "revolution was misunderstood and unjustly treated on its first appearance twenty years ago. seeing it again in the director's slightly revised version it now strikes me as a masterpiece – profound, poetic and original. hudson's film should take its place among the great movies about history and about individual citizens living in times of dramatic social change. one hopes it will finally find the wide audience it deserves."