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Did Yoga Vasistha influence Inception?
Yoga Vasistha is a scripture of sanathan dharma, aka. Hinduism.
It has a vast explanation of the relativity of space and time, and also talks about dreams, reality, illusion, and other aspects in ...
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Why was Saito old in Limbo?
The only thing that I'm missing in Inception is why was Saito old in the opening and closing scenes of this great movie?
Both Cobb and Saito land in Limbo in (presumably) the same moment and Cobb ...
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How did Cobb come to the basement using the elevator?
In the movie Inception when Cobb is dreaming about his wife Ariadne enters his dream and lands up in an elevator with each floor containing Cobb's memory of Mal.
In this scene Ariadne enters the ...
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Why does Cobb wake up in the water?
Inception begins with Cobb waking up or lying on the beach in the water. He is brought before Saito. Later on, we learn that this is limbo.
From Eames' dream (level 3), Cobb and Ariadne go a level ...
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Is Cobb's reaction honest or sarcastic/angry
In Inception there is the following dialogue between Cobb and Ariadne (forgive me for not being word-accurate):
Ariadne: Why can't you return home?
Cobb: Because everybody thinks I killed her (...
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Is it actually possible to transfer a totem?
In "Inception" it seems that Cobb takes over the use of Mal's totem (the spinning top).
If the totem is a personal item that helps you keep your hold on reality, can the totem really be transferred ...
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Why do the kicks have to occur simultaneously?
In Inception, why do the kicks on the different levels have to occur simultaneously, rather than one after another?
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Why did Nolan choose "Non, je ne regrette rien" as a kick song in Inception?
Can someone explain to me the reason behind Christopher Nolan choosing Edith Piaf's Non, je ne regrette rien as a kick song in Inception?
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Why didn't Cobb talk to any of his team members at the airport in the ending of Inception?
In Inception, it always makes me wonder why Cobb didn't say a hello to his team members. He does not even smile at any of his team members at the airport.
What is the reason he acts like he does now ...
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What is the implicit meaning of Mal's riddle in Inception?
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. But it doesn't matter, because we'll be together.
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How did Saito know he was under attack by extractors Cobb and Arthur in Inception?
In the train scene, when Saito was having information extracted by Cobb, the extraction team were using a two-layer dream. In the lower layer of the dream Saito knew that he was in a dream because the ...
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What's the significance of Cobb's ring in Inception?
In Inception, Cobb was wearing his wedding ring in some scenes and in some scenes he doesn't. After watching the movie so many times, according to me, in every scene of a dream he was wearing his ...
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In the movie Inception, why does Cobb's passport not get stamped properly?
In the movie Inception, why does Cobb's passport not get stamped properly at the airport in the final scene i.e, the date was missing.
Was it really intended and is there any implicit reason for that ...
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What fills the void left by the lack of character development in Inception?
Most of the characters excluding Cobb and his wife, do not have very developed roles. The roles are actually shallow and it is at times hard to see the motivation behind characters to do what they do.
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