Motherless Brooklyn (2019) — Screenplay
A detective with Tourette syndrome hunts his mentor's killer through 1950s New York, chasing clues his obsessive mind alone can decode.
- Written by
- Edward Norton
- Genre
- Drama, Crime, Mystery
- Studio
- Warner Bros.
- Length
- 149 pages
This screenplay is a masterclass in first-person detective storytelling, using Lionel's Tourette’s tics as a narrative engine that fractures and refocuses the investigation. Study how Norton balances period atmosphere with internal monologue to build a mystery where the protagonist's very perception is the key and the obstacle.
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