Ariadne: "Why is it so important to dream?"
Cobb: "Because, in my dreams we are together."
I haven't seen this movie in years, but after re-watching it struck me hard how depressing this was.
Putting aside the action sequences and loud music and a complicate plot, there's a beautiful story about a man trying to get back to his children, without it being cheesy. Well if you really break this movie at it's core, it's about two grieving men (Leo and Murphy), both haunted by the past until they have the strength to accept reality and let them go.
The 'Grow Old Together' scene stuck with me the most.
You can say whatever you want about Christopher Nolan, but his movies are never hollow. I'm also convince that Nolan would be the perfect choice to direct a James Bond movie.
Seriously, throughout the whole movie I was thinking "Man imagine the genius behind Inception directing a Bond movie". The ingredients are right there.
Crazy movie. I gotta watch a few more times I was confused. It would be sweet to build your own simulations though.
In an interview with "Entertainment Weekly", writer, producer, and director Sir Christopher Nolan explained that he based roles of the Inception team similar to roles that are used in filmmaking, Cobb is the director, Arthur is the producer, Ariadne is the production designer, Eames is the actor, Saito is the studio, and Fischer is the audience. "In trying to write a team-based creative process, I wrote the one I know", said Nolan.
According to cinematographer Wally Pfister, Warner Bros. executives approached Sir Christopher Nolan about making this movie in 3D, but he refused the idea, claiming "it will distract the storytelling experience of Inception."
In spite of this movie's extensive surreal effects sequences, the majority of visual effects throughout the movie, such as the Penrose stairs, rotating hallway, mountain avalanche, and zero-gravity sequences, were created through practical methods, not through the use of computer graphics imagery. This movie only has around five hundred visual effects shots, as opposed to most other visual effects epics, which can have upwards of two thousand visual effects shots.
Dom Cobb possiede una qualifica speciale: è in grado di inserirsi nei sogni altrui per prelevare i segreti nascosti nel più profondo del subconscio. Viene contattato da Saito, un potentissimo industriale di origine giapponese, il quale gli chiede di tentare l'operazione opposta. Non deve prelevare pensieri celati ma inserire un'idea che si radichi nella mente di una persona. Costui è Robert Fischer Jr. il quale, alla morte dell'anziano e dittatoriale genitore, dovrà convincersi che l'unica cosa che può fare è distruggere l'impero ereditato. Saito avrà allora campo libero. In cambio offrirà a Cobb la possibilità di rientrare negli Stati Uniti dove è ricercato per omicidio. Cobb accetta e si fa affiancare da un team di cui entra a far parte la giovane Ariane, architetto abilissimo nella costruzione di spazi virtuali.