![]() ![]() But the film opens things up to the extent that his case evolves into a story of illegal and morally corrupt and extremely racist urban renewal projects in New York. The book is mostly about the private eye protagonist and anti-hero Lionel Essrog (Norton) who, though plagued by Tourette Syndrome - which is conveyed through his verbal outbursts and physical tics - is working on a murder case. But Norton has also given himself free rein to bring things in very different directions.įor instance, he’s added a new major plotline of his own, one that eventually takes center stage in the film. Many of the book’s seeds remain in his film - which he also directed and stars in. ![]() That’s not meant to take anything away from the script that Edward Norton based on it. Repeat after me: A movie adaptation of a book is never going to be the same as the book.įor fans of Jonathan Lethem’s 1999 novel, “Motherless Brooklyn,” it’s imperative that they not only comprehend that thought, but also that they believe it. ![]()
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