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I haven't read Lethem, but y'know, ppl complain when films adhere too closely to the book too...
In an unusually bold adaptation, writer-director-producer Edward Norton has transplanted the main character of Jonathan Lethem’s best-selling novel Motherless Brooklyn from modern Brooklyn into an entirely new, richly woven neo-noir narrative, reset in 1950s New York. Emotionally shattered by a botched job, Lionel Essrog (Norton), a lonely private detective with Tourette syndrome, finds himself drawn into a multilayered conspiracy that expands to encompass the city’s ever-growing racial divide and the devious personal and political machinations of a Robert Moses–like master builder, played by Alec Baldwin. Featuring a rigorously controlled star turn by Norton and outstanding additional supporting performances by Bruce Willis, Willem Dafoe, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Bobby Cannavale, Leslie Mann, and Cherry Jones, plus a haunting soundtrack (featuring a score by Daniel Pemberton, with orchestration by Wynton Marsalis, and an original song by Thom Yorke), Motherless Brooklyn is the kind of movie Hollywood almost never makes anymore, and a complexly conceived, robust evocation of a bygone era of New York that speaks to our present moment. A Warner Bros. Picture.
I know that I liked the novel but really can't remember anything about it now. Also remember liking that Jonathan Lethem was into music
― Dan S, Saturday, 10 August 2019 02:05 (four years ago) link
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I don't expect the movie to resemble the book a whole lot outside of the plot, but at best I hoping for an L.A. Confidential-style Warner throwback and, at worst, a showcase for an Oscar campaign for Norton.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Saturday, 24 August 2019 17:45 (four years ago) link
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