Aaanywayss here’s a redraw of my favorite scene from Goncharov 1973

I'm going to be totally honest with you guys. Yeah the homoerotic undertones of literally every other scene are off the charts, and Goncharov's inability to move on and accept change is his ultimate demise, and Sofia very clearly wants Katya to Gonch-her-off but. Can we talk about Andrey's absolutely insane situation?? He accepts a job - killing someone who once was his friend - thinking it would be easy. After all, he doesn't know Goncharov anymore... However, he ends up reconnecting with him and even, dare I say it, falling in love with him. But he still MUST do his job. And you can feel how much it tears him apart. Remember his wrist watch? I believe it represents his own heart. In the scene where he first meets Goncharov in the city, there's a clear shot of them shaking hands, and the watch is intact. However, the next time we see it (the scene on the balcony with Katya and Goncharov), it's started to crack, and in the final fight scene we see the glass of the watch shatter completely. Such details could be so minuscule you can't see them unless you're looking for them, but Scorsese's absolute genius makes them actually stand out!

Anyways, Andrey also suffers from the expectations everyone puts on him. Goncharov expects him to still be the friendly youth from back in the day, Katya explicitly tells him she thinks he seems incredibly annoying and immature (probably from Goncharov's influence), Andrey himself has this washed out, decrepit image of himself that is quite far from the truth.

Because, if anything, that's what his entire arc is implying: who is actually Andrey? This is even verbalized (Goncharov's "You're not the young man I once knew", Sofia's "Who even are you, anyways?"). Not even he knows the answer, and that is what his character actually revolves about.

(DISCLAIMER: It's been a long time since I last saw this movie, and so I might've gotten some details wrong. Please do forgive any glaring mistakes!)