Sorry if this is changing the subject, but I think it was on the bonus disk of the dvd boxset that FFC tells us that he hated doing the death scenes and that he liked to do them in an unusual way..The bullet thru the eye, when the towel went on fire in part II when vito shot don fanucci and the scene when the guy was killed by getting his glasses stabbed into the side of his neck (quite unbelievable but FFC admitted this himself the the bonus disk) FFC was also worried that they were going to call in a violence director and thats when he shot the scence where connie's husband beats her up with his belt...I still cringe when i see that..

Sorry just thought I would add that lol!