The Pale Blue Eye - Landor begins an investigation

The film is also aesthetically striking, with stunning scenes of the winter wilderness lending a Poe-like melancholy to the proceedings.

Edgar Allan Poe briefly attended West Point Military Academy in 1830-1831, where he studied as an artillery officer. That unsuccessful military event of the writer who would establish the crime fiction genre served as a starting point for the writer Luis Bayard - specifically for crime fiction. The title of the book is "The Light Blue Eye," and it has now been lavishly adapted for the big screen.

Landor (Bale), a former police officer, is sent to West Point to solve a gruesome murder: one of the cadets was found hanging, with his heart cut out. Landor launches an investigation. One of the cadets, a budding poet, clings to him as an assistant. That's exactly what Poe said ( Melling ).

"Pale Blue Eye" was adapted and directed by Scott Cooper, the director best known for the country drama "Crazy Heart". The picture features an excellent cast, including Charlotte Gainsbourg, Robert Duvall, and Timothy Spall in minor roles.

Bale and Melling are excellent in their leading parts. The film is also aesthetically striking, with stunning scenes of the winter wilderness lending a Poe-like melancholy to the proceedings. Poe's poetry, romantic literature, and occultism are all subtly woven into the plot.

In terms of plot, the film is a fairly standard whodunit in which two investigators trade places, causing the case to take an unexpected path. This twist is possibly the film's weakest link because it is rushed and creates the feeling of a hoax. Nonetheless, "Pale Blue Eye" is well worth seeing.

Post by Bryan C.