“What is the most resilient parasite? Bacteria? A virus? An intestinal worm? An idea. Resilient... highly contagious. Once an idea has taken hold of the brain it's almost impossible to eradicate. An idea that is fully formed - fully understood - that sticks; right in there somewhere.”-Dom Cobb
Christopher Nolan spent ten years writing the screenplay for his brilliant film Inception. I think that any amount of time shorter wouldn’t have sufficed. Inception is the most complex and most captivating film that I’ve ever watched. The film captures a corporate raider that infiltrates the subconscious of other people to steal their ideas. When Dom Cobb and his team of specialists do jobs, they face challenges that the subject’s subconscious present. Dom Cobb is offered the job to do the opposite of what he usually does; they must perform inception. Instead of stealing an idea, they must plant an idea in their mind. If it is performed well enough, the subject will think that it is it’s own.The idea of inception is complicated because it requires unstable layers of dreams and a lot of time. There are layers to this film. Dreams within dreams. The film goes further than dreams. As the movie advances, we have a chance to see inside of Cobb’s mind. He battles with his memories and guilt. That leads to distraction and begins to put a lot of his jobs at risk. As the movie progresses, Cobb teaches a new architect, Ariadne the concept and rules of shared dreaming. Through these lessons the audience witnesses the complexity of Christopher Nolan’s creation.
Christopher Nolan matched the film’s idea with it’s effects. The effects added to Inception made the film even better to watch. The camera work was brilliant definitely in the scenes pertaining to dreams. Nolan said, "It's always very important to me to do as much as possible in-camera, and then, if necessary, computer graphics are very useful to build on or enhance what you have achieved physically." Talking about the dream sequences for the film. The photo below is a combination of two shots joined together. These shots are from Ariadne's dream in Paris. She becomes nervous when she realizes that she’s dreaming and suddenly the items surrounding her explodes.
Christopher Nolan spent ten years writing the screenplay for his brilliant film Inception. I think that any amount of time shorter wouldn’t have sufficed. Inception is the most complex and most captivating film that I’ve ever watched. The film captures a corporate raider that infiltrates the subconscious of other people to steal their ideas. When Dom Cobb and his team of specialists do jobs, they face challenges that the subject’s subconscious present. Dom Cobb is offered the job to do the opposite of what he usually does; they must perform inception. Instead of stealing an idea, they must plant an idea in their mind. If it is performed well enough, the subject will think that it is it’s own.The idea of inception is complicated because it requires unstable layers of dreams and a lot of time. There are layers to this film. Dreams within dreams. The film goes further than dreams. As the movie advances, we have a chance to see inside of Cobb’s mind. He battles with his memories and guilt. That leads to distraction and begins to put a lot of his jobs at risk. As the movie progresses, Cobb teaches a new architect, Ariadne the concept and rules of shared dreaming. Through these lessons the audience witnesses the complexity of Christopher Nolan’s creation.
Christopher Nolan matched the film’s idea with it’s effects. The effects added to Inception made the film even better to watch. The camera work was brilliant definitely in the scenes pertaining to dreams. Nolan said, "It's always very important to me to do as much as possible in-camera, and then, if necessary, computer graphics are very useful to build on or enhance what you have achieved physically." Talking about the dream sequences for the film. The photo below is a combination of two shots joined together. These shots are from Ariadne's dream in Paris. She becomes nervous when she realizes that she’s dreaming and suddenly the items surrounding her explodes.
In the same scene, we capture the actors’ faces as they react to the items exploding.
A few scenes later in the film, we re-enter the dream of Ariadne. In this dream, she has better control of what she can do. She decides to change the physics of her dream. As they walk through the streets of Paris, she makes city streets reflect themselves by making them roll back like linoleum tile.
“Building a dream from your memory is the easiest way to lose your grasp on what’s real and what is a dream.” Cobb shares his levels of expertise with Ariadne and reveals some of his secrets to her. Throughout the film, Cobb constantly verifies whether or not he’s in a dream, or here in reality. Like Cobb, each member of the team has their own personal totem. Their totems are what they use for confirmation.
The movie is all about process. About fighting through levels of reality and dreams, reality within dreams, dreams without reality. Grasping onto what’s real and what is worth remembering. “In a way, the movie is its own maze designed to plant a simple little idea in the viewer’s mind: “reality” is a relative concept.” The idea, the concept, the portrayal of the movie was original and the film industry began to lack that element. Christopher Nolan and the whole team that created this film deserves endless praise and appreciation for the film Inception.