Name: Inception
Genre: Adventure, Action, Science Fiction
Released: 2010-07-16
Duration: 148 min
Rating: 8.4
Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ken Watanabe, Tom Hardy, Elliot Page

Inception

A Risky Move in a Dream World

Ariadne What's happening?

Arthur Cobb's drawing Fischer's attention to the strangeness of the dream. Which is making his subconscious look for the dreamer. For me. Quick, give me a kiss.

[the projections begin staring at them; Arthur and Ariadne kiss]

Ariadne They're still looking at us.

[confused]

Arthur Yeah, it was worth a shot. We should probably get out of here.

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Inception

The Mind as a Crime Scene

Taglines Your mind is the scene of the crime.

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Inception

The Power and Impact of Ideas

Cobb An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious. And even the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.

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Inception

Exploring Father-Son Relationships in Inception

Eames On the top level, we open up his relationship with his father. Say, "I will not follow in my father's footsteps". Then, the next level down, we feed him "I will create something for myself". Then, by the time we hit the bottom level, we bring out the big guns:

Cobb My father doesn't want me to be him.

Eames Exactly.

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The Nature of Dreams Explained

Taglines The dream is real.

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Dreams and the Nature of Pain

Cobb Ah, no use threatening him in a dream, right, Mal?

Mal That depends on what you're threatening. Killing him will just wake him up. But pain – Pain is in the mind. And judging by the decor, we're in your mind, aren't we, Arthur?

[suddenly shoots Arthur in the knee]

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Eames' Response to Arthur's Condescension

Eames Your condescension, as always, is much appreciated, Arthur.

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Understanding the Concept of Inception

About Inception * ], Hero.Complex.latimes.com, 8 December 2010

[[Christopher Nolan; http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/christopher-nolan-hollywood-takes-too-many-shortcuts/ Hollywood takes too many shortcuts]

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Inception

Discussion on Long-Distance Flights and Planes

Saito Sydney to Los Angeles. One of the longest flights in the world. He makes it every two weeks.

Cobb He must be flying privately.

Saito Not if there were unexpected maintenance with his plane.

Arthur It would have to be a 747.

Cobb Why is that?

Arthur Cause on a 747 the pilots up top, and the first class cabin is in the nose, so no one would walk through. But you'd have to buy out the entire cabin. And the first class flight attendant.

Saito I bought the airline. It seemed neater.

[others look stunned at him]

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Inception

Confronting the Weight of Regret

Saito Are you here to kill me? I know what this is. I've seen one before, many many years ago. It belonged to a man I met in a half-remembered dream — a man possessed of some radical notions. I'm waiting for someone.

[examines Cobb's totem top]

Cobb Someone from a half-remembered dream.

Saito Cobb? Impossible. We were young men together. I'm an old man—

Cobb —filled with regret—

Saito —waiting to die alone.

Cobb I've come back for you, to remind you of something, something you once knew: that this world is not real.

Saito To convince me to honor our arrangement?

Cobb To take a leap of faith, yes. Come back. So we can be young men together again. Come back with me. Come back.

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Inception

Finding progress through descent

Cobb Downward is the only way forward.

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Inception

The Impact of Inception on Corporate Power

Cobb Mr. Saito, this isn't your typical corporate espionage. You asked me for inception. I do hope you understand the gravity of that request. Now, the seed that we plant in this man's mind will grow into an idea. This idea will define him. It may come to change — well, it may come to change everything about him.

Saito We're the last company standing between them and total energy dominance, and we can no longer compete. Soon, they'll control the energy supply of half the world. In effect, they become a new superpower. The world needs Robert Fischer to change his mind.

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Inception

Perception of Reality in Dreams

Cobb Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.

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Frustration with Dream World Limitations

Robert Fischer Couldn't someone have dreamt up a goddamn beach?!

[''after narrowly escaping an avalanche'']

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Inception

Understanding the Job's Legality

Cobb Before I describe the job, I have to know you can do it

Ariadne Why?

Cobb It's not, strictly speaking, legal.

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The Nature of Dreaming and Memory

Cobb Let me ask you a question. You never really remember the beginning of a dream, do you? You always wind up right in the middle of what's going on.

Ariadne I guess, yeah.

Cobb So how did we end up here?

Ariadne Well, we just came from the...

[trails off]

Cobb Think about it, Ariadne, how did you get here? Where are you right now?

Ariadne We're dreaming?

Cobb You're actually in the middle of the workshop right now, sleeping. This is your first lesson in shared dreaming

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The Challenge of Inception and Ideas

Saito Inception. Is it possible?

Arthur Of course not.

Saito If you can steal an idea from someone's mind, why can't you plant one there instead?

Arthur Okay, here's me planting an idea in your head: I say to you, "Don't think about elephants." What are you thinking about?

Saito Elephants.

Arthur Right, but it's not your idea because you know I gave it to you. The subject's mind can always trace the genesis of the idea. True inspiration is impossible to fake.

Cobb That's not true.

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Pre-flight Humor Among Friends

Arthur You couldn't have peed before you went under?

Yusuf Sorry.

Eames A bit too much free champagne before takeoff, eh, Yusuf?

Yusuf Ha ha bloody-ha.

[deadpan]

Cobb Well, we know he's going to be looking for a taxi in this weather.

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Exploring Reality and Dreams in Inception

About Inception The clash of objective reality with our subjective view of the world, that’s pretty interesting stuff. This is something I thought about doing for a very long time. I’ve been thinking about it off and on since I was about 16. It was the approach I wanted to take to an almost alternate reality — approaching the dream life as another state of reality. And one that in certain circumstances can be manipulated.

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Father-Son Disappointment and Expectations

Maurice Fischer Dis... disa... disap...

[in Robert Fischer's dream; on his deathbed]

Fischer I know, Dad. I know you were disappointed that I couldn't be you.

Maurice Fischer No. No, no. I was disappointed... that you tried.

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Inception

Journey of Hope and Uncertainty

Mal You're waiting for a train. A train that will take you far away. You know where you hope this train will take you, but you don't know for sure. Yet it doesn't matter, because we'll be together.

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Understanding the Concept of a Kick

Arthur So, once we've made the plant, how do we get out? I'm hoping you have something more elegant in mind than shooting me in the head?

Cobb A kick.

Ariadne What's a kick?

Eames This, Ariadne, would be a kick.

[kicks Arthur's chair; Arthur flails but manages to right himself]

Cobb It's that feeling of falling you get that jolts you awake. It snaps you out of the dream.

Inception

Control and Chaos in Inception

Arthur What the hell was all that?

Cobb I have it under control.

Arthur I'd hate to see you out of control.

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Embrace Bold Dreams and Aspirations

Eames You mustn't be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.

[In a firefight; Arthur is defending with an assault rifle; hefts a huge grenade launcher]

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The Risks of Revealing the Dream State

Ariadne Who or what is "Mr. Charles"?

Arthur It's a gambit designed to turn Fischer against his own subconscious.

Ariadne And why don't you approve?

Arthur Because it involves telling the mark that he's dreaming. Which involves attracting a lot of attention to us.

Ariadne Didn't Cobb say never to do that?

Arthur So now you've noticed how much time Cobb spends doing things he says never to do.

Inception

Understanding the Nature of Dreams

Cobb You don't seem to understand, Mr. Saito. The corporation that hired us, they won't accept failure. We won't last two days.

Arthur Cobb.

[nervous]

Cobb Looks like I'm going to have to do this a little more simply. Tell us what you know! Tell us what you know now!

[throws Saito onto the floor]

Saito I've always hated this carpet — stained and frayed in such distinctive ways, but very definitely made of wool. Right now I'm lying on polyester, which means I'm not lying on my carpet in my apartment. You have lived up to your reputation, Mr. Cobb. I'm still dreaming.

[touching the carpet and laughing]

Inception

Exploring the Nature of Dreams in Inception

About Inception * ], Hero.Complex.latimes.com, 8 December 2010

[[Joseph Gordon-Levitt; http://herocomplex.latimes.com/movies/christopher-nolan-hollywood-takes-too-many-shortcuts/ Hollywood takes too many shortcuts]

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Nolan's Creative Independence in Filmmaking

About Inception Mr. Nolan doesn’t cater to the executives at some big company, he really does what he wants to with a film. He manages to do it within the current big system because he’s that good and he can, but ‘Inception’ and his films aren’t developed by committee. And it wasn’t him saying, ‘How am I going to make a big summer hit?’ ‘Inception’ was about him following his own fascinations.

Inception

Creating New Realities in Dreamscapes

Cobb Never re-create places from your memory. Always imagine new places.

Ariadne You gotta draw from stuff you know, right?

Cobb Only use details. A streetlamp or a phone booth, Never entire areas.

Ariadne Why not?

Cobb Building a dream from your memory is the easiest way to lose your grasp on what's real and what is a dream.

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