‘The Pale Blue Eye’ – How the Netflix Movie Partially Captures the Dark Heart of Its Source Material
Edgar Allan Poe is known in the literary world as the imagination behind some of history’s most haunting stories. From “The Pit and the Pendulum” to “The Raven,” Poe’s legacy as one of the great American poets and authors of horror fiction is firmly established. But Poe steps into the spotlight in Scott Cooper’s Netflix adaptation of The Pale Blue Eye, a historical novel by Louis Bayard.
Set in 1830, during the brief time Poe was a cadet at West Point, Bayard’s novel follows retired detective Gus Landor (Christian Bale) as he endeavors to find a killer roaming the snowy academy grounds. He enlists a young cadet named Edgar Allen Poe (Harry Melling) to be his eyes and ears among the soldiers. As the mystery unfolds and Poe and Landor grow closer to their primary suspects, the Marquis family, we find that no one is precisely who they seem to be.
Set in 1830, during the brief time Poe was a cadet at West Point, Bayard’s novel follows retired detective Gus Landor (Christian Bale) as he endeavors to find a killer roaming the snowy academy grounds. He enlists a young cadet named Edgar Allen Poe (Harry Melling) to be his eyes and ears among the soldiers. As the mystery unfolds and Poe and Landor grow closer to their primary suspects, the Marquis family, we find that no one is precisely who they seem to be.
- 1/9/2023
- by Jenn Adams
- bloody-disgusting.com
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