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Directed by Scott Cooper, The Pale Blue Eye is a haunting detective story set in 1830 at West Point. The plot follows veteran detective Augustus Landor (Bale) as he investigates a series of gruesome murders. To navigate the rigid code of silence among the cadets, Landor recruits an eccentric, poetry-loving young man named Edgar Allan Poe (played brilliantly by Harry Melling). The film is praised for its: