After years of imprisonment, the Dream Lord embarks on a journey through the worlds to find what was stolen from him and reclaim his power.
Sandman, a TV series created by Neil Gaiman, David S. Goyer by Alan Heinberg with Tom Sturridge, Gwendoline Christie, Vivienne Achampong, Boyd Holbrook… available on Netflix.
It is Tom Sturridge who embodies the famous Sandman of the title, which means “man of sand” in French. It is also called Morpheus or Dream (French for dream). Over the course of the ten episodes that make up this first season, he meets a variety of characters who only cross paths with his long existence.
Thus we find the revelation of Gwendoline Christie, Game of Thrones’ Brienne, playing Lucifer Morningstar, Queen of the Underworld. A character a thousand miles away from Brienne of Tarth! Boyd Holbrook, who played DEA agent Steve Murphy in Narcos , is also changing worlds to play Corinth, a nightmare created by Dream who turns against his creator.
Vivienne Acheampong portrays Lucien, the Librarian of Dreamworld, who is the female version of Lucien in the graphic novels. Lots of other familiar faces pop up. Thus, we can see: Charles Dance (Game of Thrones), Joel Richardson (Nip/Tuck), David Thewlis (Harry Potter), Stephen Fry (The Hobbit) or even Jenna Coleman (Doctor Who)…
More than three decades since Neil Gaiman wrote his first screenplay Sandman, it still works. Only the medium has changed. It seems difficult to let go of the sandman and leave the world of dreams. And we quickly understand why by discovering the series.
Sandman surrounded by Lucien, Cain and Abel
The Sandman is the master of dreams, that is, the person (at least in appearance) responsible for what happens in our heads when we sleep. He is part of a family of characters called the Infinite, each of whom is a kind of anthropomorphic personification of an abstract concept. They all have a name that starts with the letter D in the original version: Dream (Dream), Destruction (Destruction), Delirium (Delirium), Despair (Despair), Destiny (Destiny), Desire (Desire) and, of course, Death . (dead).
They form a whole that contributes to the balance of humanity. This choice of representation, in human form, is crucial to the success of The Sandman – hopefully on screen. Because it brings an element of humanity to stories that might otherwise turn into something purely theoretical and overly abstract.
The plot of the series itself is not just a simple search for Morpheus after being imprisoned for 100 hundred years. This trip is an excuse to travel with an extraordinary character. There really is no man. There really isn’t a god. This makes it difficult for people from the dawn of time to both dream and face their worst nightmares.
Tom Sturridge is excellent in this role with a detachment that doesn’t conform to the traditional codes of fiction. It is not his emotions that guide him. And, apart from a glum look, they don’t really show. The actor’s physicality, with a cut of Robert Smith from The Cure, greatly contributes to the mystery surrounding the character. It is her interactions with people, the librarian Luciana, her flowery Matthew, Constantine (Jenna Coleman) or even Lucifer, that allow us to understand her better.
Boyd Holbrook as Corinth
With a pop cover and a few gore scenes, all entirely speculative, Sandman stands out from the rest of the series in both its tone and construction. Halfway through the season, each episode seems to contain two, suddenly telling two different stories. And despite that puzzle feel, everything is connected.
It is necessary to emphasize the high quality of the writing and the ability of Neil Gaiman and Alan Heinberg to exist for a short duration of the character. The cast of Sandman is as prestigious as it is impressive, but with few exceptions, these characters are only passing. But everyone leaves their mark.
This is a unique journey that we really don’t know where it will take us. But the main destination is not travel!
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Camila Luna is a writer at Gossipify, where she covers the latest movies and television series. With a passion for all things entertainment, Camila brings her unique perspective to her writing and offers readers an inside look at the industry. Camila is a graduate from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) with a degree in English and is also a avid movie watcher.
