#goncharov quotes

[eliakarra]

Goncharov (1973) - Dir. Martin Scorsese

[jianghushenanigans]

Goncharov in Fire

(Credit for the quote goes HERE)

[solangelo-is-godsdam-kjut]

them: A non existent Martin Scorsese film can't hurt you

me: *sobbing* If we really were in love you wouldn't have missed

[twakiju2]

“What would you have me say?”

“That you’re sorry.”

“What if I’m not?”

“Then say something else.”

…

……

*bang*

………

“We both know you’re a better shot than that.”

“I couldn’t do it. We’re…we’re in love.”

“If we were in love, you wouldn’t have missed.”

- Katya and Goncharov

[disghasting]

Is anyone else obsessed with how subtly important eye contact is in Goncharov?

Have you noticed how many times he says some form of “look at me” to katya? How, whenever andrey is in a scene his eyes seems to slowly maneuver from object to person to object, as if he’s scanning meaningless information, UNTIL goncharov is in the scene and suddenly his eyes follow him like he’s something worth studying? And what gets me most, how katya, the person who refuses to look at goncharov in the eye unless he all but begs, the woman who has never had the opportunity to yearn for a man because the men do all the yearning for her, looks at sofia like she’s hung the stars and moon, to the point sofia even says something!!! THE DIRECT PARALLELS BETWEEN GONCHAROV’S “look at me, why can’t you ever look at me” AND SOFIA’S “you can’t look at me like that, why do you insist on stopping my heart,” like yeah it was probably meant as a throwaway gag, the way it was said after sofia found katya drunk (don’t even get me STARTED on how katya hid the fact that she was prescribed medication for a preexisting condition from goncharov because she refused to be seen as weak but as soon as she sees sofia’s face in her weakest moment she collapses into her arms and sobs, like???) but that aside it paints such a lovely picture i can hardly stand it.

Heteronormative speculation in the film critic industry has always painted that scene as proof that katya really does care for goncharov because of the flashbacks to him in the middle of her talking to sofia and moments before The Kiss™️, i’ve seen the same take so many times “she was hallucinating that it was goncharov in front of her, not sofia,” but that makes literally no sense considering the way she acts around him for the rest of the film.

The flashbacks were all times that we’d already SEEN in the movie, except the beginning few which were of a younger goncharov, before the beginning of the movie, perhaps before they’d fled russia even. It showed a story, each change in memory was one of him mentioning her always being in her own head, or not paying attention, or even the one scene everyone knows and loves where he asks her what she’s thinking about. The way the first few were grouped together, then became broken up by glimpses of sofia, because the answer to the question “what are you thinking about,” changed as soon as sofia stepped into the picture. She used to dream of freedom from familial pressure, from her husbands line of work, from her countries political agenda, but recently freedom feels less like a pair of wings and more like long brown hair and warm eyes that she can’t help but stare into.

Katya’s character being so underdeveloped in favor of goncharov and andrey mentally fucking for a few more minutes is absolutely deplorable, all i want is for her to find gay peace!

(Btw if you remember any scenes that have to do with the importance of eye contact in the movie that i forgot to mention here, feel free to add on!)

[crymeariveronceagain]

"Sofia, does the world mean nothing to you?" "How can I care for the world. It is empty without her in it."

--- Goncharov(1973), dir. Martin Scorsese.

[zeeheart]

“You… loved. me?”

“Only for a minute, my dear. I didn’t know if I could handle any more”

— Goncharov (1973)

[teal-skull]

"There's always the option to stab a man....with an ice pick."

-Ice pick Joe in Goncharov (1973). Directed by Martin Scorsese

[spaceysoupy]

“Time is not a limited resource, Goncharov, and it is not alive. It is not running out on you. Time has been with you since the moment you were born and will continue to be with you till your last breaths. Tell me, люби́мый, what would you say at the end?”

“I would say it was time well spent if the last I ever saw was you.”

“Ah, a flatterer! I suppose I’ll let you live, then.”

“Time flies, Andrey, I have places to be.”

“Yes, we certainly do.”

-Andrey Daddano and Goncharov, from the movie Goncharov (1973)

[genderfluidcrowley]

“My soul holds no love for you, so there’s nothing to confess”

“Oh but every word you speak is a betrayal of your heart”

- Goncharov(1973), dir. Martin Scorsese.

[igotanidea]

I'm usually not into this kind of movies but damn if "Goncharov" did not have so many great quotes....

[eliakarra]

You became my fate, Goncharov. The flames of hatred burn as bright as those of adoration.

Harvey Keitel as Andrey "The Banker" Daddano - Goncharov (1973) Dir. Martin Scorsese

[mimi-weka]

"We were running out of time from the moment we said 'I do'."

- Katya

Goncharov (1973) dir. Martin Scorsese;  Matteo JWHJ0715

[rethmyc]

“I’m sorry my dear, I can only love you the way a boot loves a knife.”

Katya Michaelov - Goncharov (1973)

[grinewrites]

everyone talks about “of course we’re in love! that’s why i shot at you!” / “if you really loved me, you wouldn’t have missed” but where’s the appreciation for “i didn’t, though.” / “you didn’t love me?” / “no, i didn’t miss.”

[pissybitchboy]

people are quoting goncharov left and right and i feel like this a good time to point out how absolutely insanely melo-dramatic these dialogue can be. like are kidding me

"does a lion need a lamb's forgiveness"?

"dont waste time praying for my soul im too damned to be saved"?

"time was but a bleak shadow to the sunlit memory of you"?

"the flames of hatred burn as bright as those of adoration"?

like okay matteo. okay. you wanna have your characters say cool lines. that's okay. but my GOD calm down with these types of dialogue. it is SO. FUCKING. CRINGE.