Martin Scorsese's 'Goncharov' Is His Best Film—But It Never Existed

The internet will do what it does best, and we can’t help but love it.  The internet is a bizarre place that has fandoms for all types of films, filmmakers, TV, animation, and… well, everything. Sometimes, bizarre projects created by these fandoms years ago can re-emerge and create a buzz online.  The most recent sensation is a Tumblr post that showed an image of a knock-off brand of shoes with a stitched inscription about a fake Martin Scorsese-directed film, Goncharov. The tagline read, “The greatest mafia movie ever made.”  ‘Goncharov’ Tumblr meme While Scorsese is a director known for his mafia movies, there is no tangible evidence that “the greatest Mafia movie ever made” exists.  But just because Goncharov doesn’t exist doesn’t mean that the internet doesn’t have a fabricated story that might inspire Scorsese in one way or another. Let’s break down the history and legacy of Goncharov.  Martin Scorsese on the set of ‘The Age of Innocence’ (1993)Credit: Alamy What Is Goncharov About? In the meme, Goncharov (1973) is a historical epic, a post-war era mafia film directed by Scorsese and starring his usual suspects, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, and Gene Hackman. With the production scale of The
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