The fact that Joe Morelli is so minor that every poster identifies him by his weapon and yet his themes ARE the films themes, the fact that he's playing the stereotypical 'one last job' career killer but with actual depth because dammit he loves and is fundamentally unable to say no to goncharov, the fact that his theme has leitmotifs from katyas and andreys because he, on the basest level, mirrors their unwillingness to say no to the beastly man that made them all who they are (for better and for worse, in sickness and in health), the fact that he - as one of our two actually italian characters in this italian mob film - is killed on the steps of the cathedral he was married in (cmon you guys why are you sleeping on the intersection of faith and deceit), the fact that it was his father in laws fucking ice pick-

Angry little owl man.

(God’s most beloved horrid little freak)

she found an easy comfort with him for the way he soothed her mind. effortless communication was her weakness and whether he knew it or not, her thoughts pondered and then drifted away with his words in a cerebral dance. they were poetic and made love to her before his hands ever touched her. - JmStorm

🌸Fluffy Pillows: What happened in your most recent dream?

I was running in a black-and-white psych ward when I finally found a door. When I got the door open and walked through I was transported to Imperial China. I walked this long pathway in the sun on the coast with huge elephant statues but one by one they began to explode. I dived into the water and when I came up I was under a bridge with a group of friends but something was wrong. It was the late 1800's and weird clown gangs had taken over the city. We thought we were safe but this strange group spotted us and started walking over slowly. Of course, they started talking to me and when I went to open my mouth one of the clowns took out an ice pick and a huge mallet and when he was about to blast it into my skull, i woke up.

(Also I love that I ruined fluffy pillows with my fucked up dream lol)

That Puddy Is A Real Crack Up “Pain In The Ice” (2020)

Hey. Hey Rolling Stone. You could have phrased that in, like ANY other way.

Anyway I’ve seen a lot of people dismissing THAT SCENE as just needless violence, really only relevant as a reflection of the violence that Goncharov has been inflicting on those whose faces he rarely sees at that point, but mostly just shock value. But like. Please look up Leon Trotsky’s death. And yes, Scorcese and Matteo would definitely have known about it so there’s no way it was unconscious. Goncharov’s whole backstory is so, so tied into the violence that permuates early 20th century Russia that it’s clearly meant to be a parallel. I don’t think I need to overexplain what Katya represents in the scene.

Julia Child: and here we have a lovely fresh coconut, you know it's good because of the liquid sloshing around like this. Now, we want to get that liquid out.

Julia Child: the little coconut has three eyes, you see? And so we are going to sTAB IT IN THE EYES WITH AN ICE PICK,

I pull up to Tim Horton's and I just immediately get a migraine.

goncharov memes for your consideration

Penelope

Goncharov 50th gonchiversary bash !!!!!! 50 years with the greatest mafia movie ever made, crazy how fast time goes.

They had a deep connection a burning chemistry they fit together like they had always known each other. When she was around him she felt more like herself. There was a feeling that this was bigger than both of them. She didn’t understand it but she knew it changed her forever. It was a different world now.

-N.R. Hart, Otherwordly

Happy one fifty years to the best movie of all time

Goncharov (1973)

I know everyone talks about Ice Pick Joe, but let’s be real, that scene where he finally kills Gil “the Grill” McGilicuddy? Brian Dennehy STOLE IT.

EDIT

Hey, so we added up the process video for how we made these!