Lucky for Landor, he is not alone, as Poe enthusiastically offers his assistance to help solve the murder. While investigating the death of the hanged Cadet Leroy Fry, it is discovered his heart was removed from his body, and senior officers at the academy hope detective Landor will solve the odd mystery. Netflix’s first original movie of the year, released Friday, comes in the form of a period piece mystery thriller titled “The Pale Blue Eye.” Written and directed by Scott Cooper and based on Louis Bayard’s 2003 novel of the same name, “The Pale Blue Eye” thrusts viewers into 1830s West Point, New York, where retired veteran detective Augustus Landor (Christian Bale) investigates a series of murders at the United States Military Academy with the help of a young military cadet, Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling).Ĭinematographer Masanobu Takayanagi’s opening landscape shots of the frigid Hudson Bay mixed with an eerie score perfectly set the scene, as “The Pale Blue Eye” holds a strong opening act. From left, Robert Duvall as Jean Pepe, Christian Bale as Augustus Landor and Harry Melling as Edgar Allen Poe in “The Pale Blue Eye.” Credit: Scott Garfield/Netflix via TNS
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