Why Edward Norton Moved 'Motherless Brooklyn' To The New York Of Robert Moses
The actor stars in — and directs, and wrote the screenplay for — his adaptation of Jonathan Lethem's detective novel. But he moved it to the 1950s to mine a dark side of NYC history.
Edward Norton's new movie Motherless Brooklyn is the first he wrote, directed and stars in.
A noir detective film set in 1950s New York, the film sees Norton playing Lionel, a private eye with Tourette's syndrome. He twitches and blurts out words — as is typical of Tourette's. He's also brilliant, with an incredible memory.
, is based on Jonathan Lethem's 1999 novel of the same name, set in the '90s. But Norton shifted his movieto the '50s, in part to explore a long-standing fascination with the powerful city planner Robert
