The Tell Field, his last name is Reynold that Poe kept repeating before his death was actually the key to the detectives to catch the murderer. The key point of the movie is in the last segment of Poe's dialogue with the murderer. After Poe drank poisonous wine, he heard the coachman call the murderer Ivan Mr. Reynold outside the door. Poe realized that this would be the new life of the murderer after he went to France. First name's new last name. The French writer Jules Verne mentioned by the murderer to Poe was the target of a new round of murders he planned to go to France after he changed his name. This perverted murderer designed a series of murders with the ultimate goal of murdering talented writers from all over the world one by one, in order to realize his so-called artist to artist dialogue.
As for why Poe didn't directly confront Field and tell Reynold, the easiest thing to understand based on the plot of the film is because he knew that he would die soon after drinking poisonous wine, and he didn't want to stand up to his beloved Emily to make her suffer, and he would rather himself just disappeared. Of course, it can also be understood that the director wants to restore the real scene of Edgar Allan Poe raving these words before his death in reality. After all, the whole film can be seen as a tribute to the great poet. The film references the storylines of many of the poet's classic murders, and more importantly, gives the poet a sublimated ending of saving his lover with his own life.
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