Tumblr users have concocted a fake movie by Martin Scorsese, called Goncharov, and it's remarkably, eerily convincing. Scorsese is the maestro of crime thrillers like Taxi Driver, Goodfellas and The Irishman. His next project is the eagerly anticipated Killers of the Flower Moon, which stars frequent Scorsese collaborators Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.As constructed by Tumblr users, Goncharov presents itself as a 1973 satirical crime-thriller directed by Scorsese. Starting off as what was either a misprint or prank, one Tumblr user bought a pair of boots online and found, on the tongue of the shoe, a tag with the supposed movie details. The user inquired about it online, and another user took the opportunity to create a Scorsese film out of thin air, joking that the original poster hasn't seen the allegedly acclaimed Scorsese film. Archive of Our Own (AO3), a repository for fanfiction and other fanworks contributed by users, claimed on November 20 that the fake film was one of the biggest-gaining fandoms of the day. See the post that started it all and its aftermath below:
Everything We Know About Fake Scorsese Movie Goncharov
Goncharov has been dubbed by its fans as the greatest mafia movie ever made. Written by Matteo JWHJ 0715, the film stars De Niro, Al Pacino, Gene Hackman, Harvey Keitel and Cybill Shepherd, well-known names within Scorsese's filmography and the crime thriller genre as a whole. The story follows the titular Goncharov, a former discotheque owner, as he comes to Naples after the fall of the Soviet Union. There, he begins to climb the ladder of organized crime, and he becomes involved in a love triangle with a banker named Andrey (Keitel) and a woman named Katya (Shepherd).
The boot tag that kicked off the fake film's fanbase seems to be a terrible misprint or incorrect translation of text from a poster for Gomorrah, a film that actually exists and had Scorsese's stamp of approval. What gave this play-along meme legs was the lack of contradiction as it spread. There are also countless fake marketing pieces for Goncharov that look convincing, provided one hasn't seen any of the Godfather films by Francis Ford Coppola. Along with marketing, there are enough character studies, fanfiction and missing scenes to keep the ruse alive, as every post about Goncharov commits so fully to its fake premise.
The conjuring of Goncharov and its seemingly endless amount of in-depth content on the internet is an achievement that's simultaneously haunting and impressive. Any user unaware of the preexisting movies it draws inspiration from could be convinced of its existence based on the considerable size of its content. However, since there's no full movie to watch, users might be directed to its real-life inspiration Gomorrah, a film actually supported by Scorsese, and give that a watch and cult following instead.
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