I’ve plunged into The Sandman, and it is as gorgeous and engaging as the original comic. The stained glass I’ve seen so far hasn’t disappointed! The glass won my heart within two minutes!
The epic starts with a raven’s soaring perspective, entering Sandman’s castle, zooming past Lucien’s exquisite library, and then into the throne room. The flight swiftly traverses several monumental stained glass windows before resting in the throne room, which was filmed in a real church in England. Visual FXs create the ambience; a team of 400 artists worked on this for 2 months, with the stained glass taking a full week to perfect.
As much as the use of digital effects steals some glory from handcrafted stained glass windows, the beauty of stained glass is only further established when stories as fantastical as The Sandman use this medium to enhance their set design. When one sees stained glass, real or computer-generated, we feel a sense of reverence.
The actual church, Guildford Cathedral, does have real stained glass in the larger upper windows, but those were considered too dull for The Sandman. And I imagine those windows don’t have shifting pieces that display The Corinthian.
The Corinthian
A second short glimpse happens around 15 minutes in, at the Burgess’ manor, as Alex is eavesdropping on his father and The Corinthian. We see another glass window peeking through behind Alex, and this one looks real, with saintly figures depicted.
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