Remember Goncharov? Here's the REAL Martin Scorsese film that you've never seen. I'm not even joking. This movie is real. You can find it. You can see it. Somewhere. It exists. Just hidden.
Edit: The link's gone. The name of the movie is Kundun. It's free on YouTube. Go watch it.
With Martin Scorsese's Casino releasing on Digital 27th Feb, here's our Top 5 Scorsese Films on Streaming to watch now
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Martin Charles Scorsese was born on November 17, 1942 in Queens, New York City. Now celebrated as on of the worlds greatest living directors. Having amassed 67 released films with various projects in pre production, he’s one you simply can’t miss.
The voice overs, the long tracking shots, De Niro, DiCaprio, Gangsters, themes of faith, the cool soundtracks. Yes, you know when it’s a Scorsese…
I watched Kundun by Martin Scorsese today which is about the true life story of the current Dalai Lama and idk but to me it seems like entrusting the leadership of both a nation and a religious community to a 4 year old because some guy “had a feeling” was probably not optimal.
Voici un extrait de notre atelier d’éveil et de transformation qui a lieu chaque dimanche : « Retour au moment de votre naissance Saison 4 Episode 51 » :
Bienvenue sur Anatman Airways.
Nous allons bientôt décoller.
Inutile d’attacher votre ceinture, car nous allons à l’intérieur.
Restez concentré, connecté dans le cœur, dans l’amour.
Installez-vous confortablement. Laissez tout se…
Goncharov was fine and funny until it became clear that only like a dozen people on this site have ever actually watched a Scorsese movie and of that dozen about three have seen one that wasn’t goodfellas or the departed
Since Goncharov has spread beyond Tumblr, I have amused myself by reading hot takes by people who don’t understand Tumblr’s meme culture at all.
Over on AV Club, britches be complaining that “they” (presumably the people who “created” Goncharov) should have modeled it after one of Scorcese’s non-mafia films:
Eh, this would have been way cooler if they’d riffed an imaginary Scorsese film along the lines of Kundun or The Age of Innocence or even one of his documentaries instead of just going to the “he just makes mob movies” well.
This statement betrays a total misunderstanding of Tumblr culture:
Tumblr don’t care if you think it’s cool. We care if we’re having fun.
There is no “they.” No one decided what the movie was about. We saw a label on a pair of knock-off boots and went wild.
The rule of improv is yes-and, and that’s how Tumblr works, too. You can’t erase what has already been done as part of the improv/meme. The boots say “The Greatest Mafia Movie Ever Made. Martin Scorsese Presents Goncharov. A Domenico Procacci Production. A film By Matteo JWHJ 0715 About The Naples Mafia,” so yes-and means it is the greatest mafia movie ever made.
But there’s more with yes-and. Want Goncharov to pick up more on themes from Scorcese’s non-mafia work? Complaining on the AV Club will get you nowhere. But come on Tumblr and post about the film’s alternative cut, or your favorite bit of imagined non-mafioso dialogue, or the parallels between the sacrificial violence in Goncharov (1973) and Silence (2016)--and Goncharov becomes “way cooler” because what you wanted to see in it is now there.
Goncharov is not about producing something for passive consumption. It’s about playing together. Having fun. Building community. Sharing imagined worlds. Saying “yes” to creativity and weirdness. Embracing everyone’s contributions, because everyone has something unique to bring to the table.
Including the pouty-faces from AV Club, if they want to join in.
taken from his filmography on IMDb, so it's not my fault that Goncharov (1973) isn't listed here. Luckily everyone on tumblr knows all about that classic...
i haven't attempted a scorsese ranking in yeeeears so let's see what happens here while i let the focaccia rise
asterisk indicating the ones i really really need to revisit soon
the age of innocence (1993)
goodfellas (1990)
taxi driver (1976)
hugo (2011)
the irishman (2019)*
raging bull (1980)*
the departed (2006)
the wolf of wall street (2013)
silence (2016)*
the king of comedy (1982)
the last temptation of christ (1988)
alice doesn't live here anymore (1974)*
gangs of new york (2002)*
casino (1995) *
shutter island (2010)
the aviator (2004)*
haven't seen yet: mean streets (1973), new york, new york (1977), after hours (1985), the color of money (1986), cape fear (1991), kundun (1997), bringing out the dead (1999), killers of the flower moon (2023), and all of the documentaries and concert films :(
i'm gonna do my best to fill some of those blindspots in before i get to see killers of the flower moon, but god, what a guy. it's only around #13 that i started getting a little lukewarm. and those top 4, omg. <3