Is Netflix's The Pale Blue Eye based on a true story?
As we see in the movie, Poe really was a cadet at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York and like the movie infers, the soon-to-be-famous writer wasn't exactly the best fit for the academy.
Poe spent six months at the academy as a cadet before he was court-martialled for gross neglect of duty and disobedience of orders for refusing to attend formations, classes or church. He pleaded not guilty to the charges, knowing that he would be found guilty and dismissed. "The only records that exist are the court-martial records. The rest of it just had to be filled in," Bayard told
, with the movie's writer-director Scott Cooper adding:"It was very clear that [his] romantic and poetic notions were not a good fit for West Point life."is fictional, but Bayard took inspiration from Poe's work for the character of Augustus Landor, the Holmes to Poe's Watson.The Murders in the Rue Morgue, which Bayard also used as inspiration for Landor's home.
They're not the only Easter eggs to be found for any Poe fans watching the movie, such as the fact that the title itself comes from a line inBut if you're searching around for more information about when Poe investigated a real-life murder, you won't find anything unfortunately.Shop Sky deals across TV, broadband and mobile
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