IT’S 1896, NEW YORK. In a cinematic opening longshot, we’re transported to the top of the Brooklyn Bridge, alongside the watchful eye of NY Times illustrator, John Schuyler Moore (Luke Evans: phwoar, etc). A murdered pubescent boy, Giorgio Santarelli, also known among the denizens of the morally bankrupt bordello The Paresi as ‘Gloria’, is dressed in a virginal gown, innards split open, eyes gouged out. Schuyler Moore manfully draws the body that will haunt his deepest nightmares and cracking new drama, The Alienist.
The saga is adapted from the page-turning, best-selling novel by Caleb Carr. Fans of the book will not be disappointed, those unfamiliar with it duly dazzled. In an odd historical context, each incident of painterly symbolism – a raven cawing, a child’s choir singing Frère Jacques, the…
