Edward Norton wrote, directed, produced and stars in Warner Bros.’ “Motherless Brooklyn,” but he’s quick to give credit to his behind-the-camera collaborators. Norton told Variety: “I think this is…
: “I think this is career-best work for some of these people.” The film is set in 1950s New York, and the team accomplished a lot on a budget of $26 million and a shooting schedule of 46 days.“I said to Joe, ‘I want to start things off with a bang. I want a great car chase through north Manhattan, over the bridge and into Queens. Also, you have to introduce
an unusual character, Lionel [played by Norton], and get the audience to understand a condition that they haven’t seen much of [Tourette’s syndrome]. Also, you have to set up the emotional relationship with his boss and then plant noir-style clues that will become clearer later. And we need to do all that in the first 15 minutes.’ Joe shaved and shaved until the story became its essential self. I believe audiences can handle a lot more than they’re given credit for. Joe has tremendous vision.
], and she made those two separate locations fuse together. What she pulled off, considering our budget, was remarkable.”“When I met with Amy, she showed me a look book of visual references, like Robert Frank photos and Edward Hopper paintings. It was like she had downloaded my brain. She avoided the clichés of the ’50s. She was dressing a lot of people and did it on a shoestring budget. Amy has a sensibility of what makes cinema work, beyond accuracy.
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