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“I Know It Was You, Fredo." – The Kiss of Death Scene From ‘The Godfather Part II’ (1974)
July 18, 2021 1970s, behind the scenes, celebrity & famous people, life & culture, movies
In two key moments of Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather 2 (1974), Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) kisses his brother Fredo (John Cazale) at a New Year’s Eve party in Havana as a kind of “ocular proof” of his unspoken decision to murder him. In a now-legendary scene, Michael clutches his brother’s head with both hands, stares directly into his eyes, kisses him roughly on the mouth, and declares, “I know it was you, Fredo. You broke my heart.”
The kiss of death (Italian: Il bacio della morte) is the sign given by a mafioso boss or capo that signifies that a member of the crime family has been marked for death, usually as a result of some perceived betrayal. It is unclear how much is based on fact and how much on the imagination of authors, but it remains a cultural meme and appears in literature and films.
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All of Q’s drops were about Godfather III