The Pale Blue Eye

How do Landor and Poe solve the mystery? ( ...

After learning of Ballinger’s involvement from Fry’s diary, Landor killed and mutilated him in the same way to make the murders appear ritualistic. Landor confesses that his daughter, Mattie (Hadley Robinson), didn’t actually run away, but was raped by three assailants on her way home from the academy ball two years earlier and later jumped off a cliff to her death. Lea drugs Poe and, with the help of Artemus and their mother Julia (Gillian Anderson), prepares to cut out his heart and sacrifice him. After finding an officer’s jacket that links Artemus to the scene of Fry’s heart abduction, Landor works out that the Marquis family attempted an occult ritual involving the sacrifice of a human heart to try to prolong Lea’s life—and it worked. “I knew that from the moment I first met you, and here we are.” Mattie came away from the assault holding Fry’s dog tag, leading Landor to seek revenge on Fry following her suicide. Landor manages to pull Poe and Julia to safety, but Lea and Artemus are crushed and killed by falling debris. The diary reveals that Fry and Ballinger were close friends, and, soon after, it’s discovered that their other friend, Cadet Stoddard (Joey Brooks), appears to have run off. The cadet, Leroy Fry (Steven Meier), was hanged and, in an even more disturbing turn of events, had his heart cut out and stolen while his body sat inside the school’s hospital. While The Pale Blue Eye is a work of fiction, the real-life Poe did in fact attend West Point before being Lea suffers from a seizure disorder and has been given only a few months to live. And it’s a doozy of a whodunnit.

The Netflix release, mystery thriller film "The Pale Blue Eye," has the whole gothic touch and aesthetic in its visuals. The plot, concerning an ...

When Landor committed the second murder of Ballinger, he knew that he had to copy the heart extraction in order to tie it to the first murder. The man then visits the cliff from which Mathilde had jumped, and in an ultimate farewell, he lets go of a ribbon belonging to his daughter, which he had dearly held on to till now. Landor directly confronts Poe about this suspicion, and the latter reveals that he was the subject of ridicule for both the cadets, along with many others in the Academy, due to his unusual appearance, stature, and personality. At present, Lea had convinced Edgar Poe to be a part of this ritual, in which he would be killed in order to help his beloved, and the ritual was about to begin. Landor reports to the authorities that it was Artemus who had killed the two cadets and also the animals in between and had carved out all their hearts to use in his supernatural ritual. From his conversation with the guard, the detective figures out that someone wearing a captain’s coat had pretended to be a captain and relieved the guard of his duty so that the perpetrator could enter the empty ward. The detective focuses on trying to find out more about the common friends of the dead cadets and also about any names on the campus who have an interest in black magic, and both lead him to a single man and his family. A return to the hospital ward and a re-examination of the dead body confirms this suspicion—cadet Fry had not hanged himself to death but had been killed by someone in this horrific manner. But what is more concerning and gruesome is the fact that although the body was found soon after and had been brought to the hospital ward, it had been mutilated by someone in the middle of the night. Landor visits the icehouse and spots an important clue: a circle and a triangle have been drawn on the floor, along with candles and blood placed in patterns. Landor also finds out that the man supposed to be on duty guarding the dead body in the hospital ward the previous night had been relieved of his duty by some higher official. To the doctor and the rest of the authorities at the place, this death is a definite suicide, as Fry was found dead by asphyxiation.

Military school. Leroy Fry (Matt Helm) has been found hanged with his heart cut out, and no one can decide if it was suicide or murder or why it happened. The ...

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When a West Point cadet is discovered dead in 1830 and his heart is later carved out of his chest, military leaders of the academy ask Detective Augustus Landor ...

Landor not only killed Fry, but he was summoned to West Point to solve the mystery he created. Poe has all the information he needs to turn Landor in. He left Poe with the note from Fry’s hand (which was assumed to be from Lea). But Poe noticed that the handwriting on the note matches a note that Landor once wrote to him. When Landor rushes in to stop them, Lea knocks over a candle, and fire overtakes the room. Seeing promise in one of the academy’s own, Landor enlists a young cadet for help: the poet Edgar Allan Poe (Henry Melling).

Augustus Landor is a fictional creation from Bayard's novel and now Cooper's movie. His last name comes from Poe's short story, “Landor's Cottage.” Originally ...

“The Mystery of Marie Rogêt” is the first murder mystery based on the details of a real crime. In “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” Dupin calls Vidocq “a good guesser.” In the first Sherlock Holmes story, “A Study in Scarlet” (1887), Holmes similarly dismisses the French detective’s fictional adaptation. It is fun to imagine the writer similarly going along on the case as the unnamed narrator in the short stories. “The Murders in the Rue Morgue” is also the first “locked room” mystery. In the film The Pale Blue Eye, it is young Edgar who eagerly helps the eccentric but brilliant detective probing the academy murders. He has no professional stake in their solution, it is a favor to him to pass the time. Auguste Dupin is the master analyst in Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” “The Mystery of Marie Rogêt,” which was published in three installments in Snowden’s Ladies’ Companion, beginning in late 1842, and “The Purloined Letter,” published in 1844. That generation of readers was among the first to be made to feel actively part of the reported happenings of the day. There is nothing in the room but two bags of gold coins, torn hair, and the blade, still covered in blood. The Edgars, the most prestigious award of the Mystery Writers of America, is named in his honor. A mother and daughter are found dead in the sealed space deemed to be the crime scene. His last name comes from Poe’s short story, “Landor’s Cottage.” Originally published in 1849, it is a descriptive work, without mystery or violence, that works as a contemplative rest stop for the retired detective’s dwelling in The Pale Blue Eye.

It is at this Academy that the man meets with a veteran detective, Augustus Landor, who is appointed by the military to solve the strange suicide of a cadet.

This is why he agreed to be a live dummy for Lea’s ritual, and this is also why he lets Landor be at the end. This sadness is perhaps not because of the realization that he had been helping a murderer for this long; it is because Landor had made him believe his lies too. This sadness is perhaps because Poe had not just lost a lover in Lea but had also just lost a friend in Landor as well. The fact that Poe starts to admire Landor for the detective skills that the veteran possesses is evident, and he truly fulfills the role of the sidekick. Landor knows that Poe’s kind heart and respectful attitude are not common among the men of his age all around, and for as long as he can, he does enjoy the young apprentice’s company. Poe’s character is also given adequate depth, given the fact that he is such a crucial part of the plot. There is something about the death of cadet Fry and the subsequent theft of his dead heart that amuses Poe, for he is the one to approach the investigating detective and try to get acquainted with him. Landor’s character, after all, is that of a hardened and sharpened man, a veteran not just in his profession as a detective but in general life as well. While Landor had himself broken off the fight between Poe and Ballinger the night before the latter’s death, the fact that a similar altercation had occurred with Fry, too, was unknown. He had then also moved to the Military Academy at West Point, New York, and was actually a cadet there in 1830, which is the year shown in “The Pale Blue Eye.” However, there is no record of Poe actually being involved in solving any murder case during this time, or ever in his life for that matter. In reality, Poe wanted to end his time at West Point around 1831, and he intentionally got himself court-martialed and removed from the military. Poe makes new friends, experiences new losses, and ultimately solves the mystery of the murders himself.

A detective partners with a young Edgar Allan Poe to solve a series of murders. Here's who stars in the Netflix thriller based on the 2003 novel.

[Little Women](https://screenrant.com/tag/little-women/). [Hamlet](https://screenrant.com/tag/hamlet/), [Peter "Wormtail" Pettigrew in five Harry Potter movies](https://screenrant.com/harry-potter-movies-books-peter-pettigrew-death-change-bad/), Beadle Bamford in [Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street](https://screenrant.com/tag/sweeney-todd/), J. [Murder on the Orient Express](https://screenrant.com/tag/murder-on-the-orient-express/), and Mary Austin in the Queen biopic [Bohemian Rhapsody](https://screenrant.com/tag/bohemian-rhapsody/). Turner, and Major Alistair Gregory in [Spencer](https://screenrant.com/tag/spencer). "Sonny" Dewey in The Apostle (1997), Jerry Facher in A Civil Action, and Judge Joseph Palmer in The Judge. [Dudley Dursley in five Harry Potter films](https://screenrant.com/dursleys-after-harry-potter-ending-dudley-vernon-petunia/). Gillian Anderson's notable film credits include The Mighty Celt, The Last King of Scotland, Shadow Dancer, Viceroy's House and the two X-Files feature films The X-Files: Fight the Future and [The X-Files: I Want to Believe](https://screenrant.com/xfiles-i-want-to-believe-movie-box-office-bomb-why/). Simon McBurney as Captain Hitchcock: A captain at the United States Military Academy who is the one that hires Augustus Landor. [Edgar Allen Poe](https://screenrant.com/hocus-pocus-sarah-come-little-children-song-edgar-allan-poe-theory/), who also happens to be an aspiring poet. Augustus Landor seeks Jean-Pepe's assistance when he begins to suspect that witchcraft and devil worship might be a motivating factor in the sacrificial nature of the murders. The Pale Blue Eye's plot is set in 1830, in West Point, New York, as a police detective teams with a young Edgar Allan Poe to solve a series of murders at the United States Military Academy. [The Pale Blue Eye](https://screenrant.com/tag/the-pale-blue-eye/).

If you are familiar with writer-director Scott Cooper's work, then you know how it can be metaphorically—and literally—dark. With the exception of his ...

This suffering fueled the empathy Poe had for others, and is likely what led him to burning the evidence and letting Augustus get away with the crimes he was pretending to solve. Rather than adding to the very bleak film by running with the ideas we've conjured up of Poe from his works, Melling goes in an entirely unexpected direction, depicting Poe as someone who is filled with an almost childlike curiosity and exuberance for life. In addition to The Pale Blue Eye being a story about death and disappearance, the period mystery leans heavily into the bleak and gloomy aesthetic of the wintery Hudson Valley, which, while effective for creating the mood that is essential for this sort of plot to thrive, can be almost too much for the audience to endure. What else would you expect from someone who has “The Black Cat,” “The Raven,” and “The Masque of the Red Death” among their writing credits? It’s easy to assume that the inclusion of Poe would greatly contribute to The Pale Blue Eye’s brooding, enigmatic atmosphere. [Cooper’s latest film The Pale Blue Eye starring his frequent collaborator Christian Bale and Harry Melling](https://collider.com/the-pale-blue-eye-cast-characters-christian-bale/) about an 1800s murder mystery is not unlike his previous work in that it is daring and a bit dismal.

Edgar Allan Poe aids a murder investigation in 1830's West Point in Netflix's The Pale Blue Eye, but is any of it based on real-life events?

With allusions to The Tell-Tale Heart and Poe known for his work in gothic horror, the audience buys into the story of Satanic worship and a desire to prolong life. This is clear from some of the disparities between Poe's life shown in The Pale Blue Eye and his life in reality. It's heavily implied that the ill-fated (and fictional) Lea Marquis is the inspiration for the Lenore who features in Edgar Allan Poe's work. The main reason why The Pale Blue Eye isn't based on a true story is that it's based on a fictional crime novel by author Louis Bayard. [The Pale Blue Eye](https://screenrant.com/tag/the-pale-blue-eye/) sees the poet and horror legend Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling) aid the investigation of a brutal murder - but did any of the events actually happen? Set at in West Point, 1830, Pale Blue Eye follows detective Augustus Landor (Bale) as he's recruited by the United States Military Academy to investigate the apparent suicide of a cadet, whose heart was removed from the morgue.