Could you shoot a period piece in sub-zero temperatures? Scott Cooper did.
The Pale Blue Eye is the sixth feature film from writer/director Scott Cooper. This follow-up to last year’s Antlers is just as dark and complicated, set in the blistering cold of New York in 1830.
The film follows detective Augustus Landor (Christian Bale), who is enlisted to help solve a mysterious murder at the nearby West Point. He meets a sharp cadet who loves poetry—Edgar Allan Poe (Harry Melling). Together they begin unraveling the threads of a disturbing plot with ties to the occult, while also learning more of each other’s deepest secrets. The story is adapted from the novel by Louis Bayard.
Author: Jo Light
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