Questions tagged [inception]
A 2010 British-American science fiction heist thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.
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Why was Mal's projection in limbo?
In Inception, how did Cobb know Mal would be in limbo?
She was a projection, not a real person. When Arthur explains the rules for limbo, or anywhere else in the movie, there is nothing to indicate ...
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Did Nolan leave the ending of Inception up to the audience? [duplicate]
I know that a lot of discussion about this one has taken place already. But as you know its "INCEPTION"! every time you see it, it blows your mind...
So if you see closely you can see that in ...
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Who decides how a totem behaves in a dream?
In the movie - Inception, who decides how a totem behaves inside a dream?
First of all, in the dream, are the totems manifestations of the dreamer? The architect creates the other parts and ...
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In Inception movie final scene, why does the spinning top never comes to rest? [duplicate]
In Inception movie climax, why does the director cut to black before the spinning top is shown coming to rest?
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What was Cobb's original totem? [duplicate]
In Inception, Cobb uses his dead wife Mal's totem. It is not clearly mentioned or shown what was Cobb's original totem? Or did I miss something? Help please.
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Why did Yusuf hesitate to show Cobb his dream chamber?
During Yusuf's recruiting for the Inception he's about to show Cobb and the others how his special sedatives work in practice. But right before showing them he hesitates for a short moment:
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How is the extracted information brought back to reality?
In the film Inception assuming Cobb was successfully able to extract Saito's secrets from the safe how would he bring those papers stamped "confidential" to the reality?
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No Kick In Higher Level means they're stuck
How can the group exit out of the first level? Was there a sedative timer in the plane that wakes them up? If that's the case it ruins the point of the story:
Eames says that "He's sitting this one ...
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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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Where does Limbo take place?
This question is inspired by Who was dreaming when and whose mind was being projected?, where the infographic shows very well in which mind each dream level takes place, except for the Limbo:
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Is coming out of a limbo easy or difficult?
At Level 1 when Saito is shot in the chest and Eames is about to shoot him in the head (in the warehouse) Cobb stops him saying that as they are all on sedatives killing him would send him to the ...
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Was it impossible to go into same person's dream each level down, or did it serve a purpose?
Why did they have to choose a different person each time they went one level deeper in Inception?
Couldn't they have kept going into Yusuf's dream all the way down?
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Who was dreaming when and whose mind was being projected?
Can someone provide an exhaustive list of
who was dreaming
whose mind was the one that filled it with its subconscious
in each dream they shared in Inception?
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Why did Robert Fischer really accept the inception?
In Inception when every one wakes up in the airplane, Saito finally makes the call so I can understand he knows Cobb successfully planted the idea in Robert's mind. But I don't understand why Robert ...
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Why did Yusuf need to go into the field?
When Cobb first meets Yusuf in Inception and tells him he is seeking for a chemist to formulate a compound for the Fischer job, he says that he would also need to "go into the field" with them to ...
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Why didn't Robert Fischer take his own car?
In the first level of dream, Robert Fischer took a taxi cab driven by Arthur. Robert Fischer is a billionaire. So why didn't he have his own limousine? And shouldn't there be private security for him?
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Why was the zero-gravity effect not transferred to the third level in Inception? [duplicate]
In Inception, near the end there are three dream levels. In Level 1, when the van enters freefall, there is zero gravity in level 2.
This means that the members of level 2 experience no ...
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Was Cobb really stuck in the dream world at the end? [duplicate]
In the movie Inception, at the end, the spinning top is shown to be spinning at the end just before the screen goes blank. But another person told me that the top wasnt even Cobb's totem, it is his ...
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When did the Inception start?
Many have wondered about this and this may be the silliest question asked regarding the movie INCEPTION but here it is....
When did the Inception start?
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Could it be that the whole movie was a ...
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How did Cobb manage to go to sleep and dream to save Saito after Mal's death?
As far as I can tell the subjects in Inception need to sleep in order to dream and for going under fast and consistent sleep they use sedatives.
Now my question is how did Cobb manage to just fall ...
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How come the dreams are shared correctly among different participants? [duplicate]
Please read the question before marking it as duplicate. This question maybe identical to the one below but they ask different concepts:
How does the dream sharing actually work?
So my question is ...
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How did they make the Inception sound?
I've noticed that deep bwaaah sound from Inception in several movies and trailers.
Apparently others have too--hear a montage of similar sounds (collected by Gregory Porter). I found some info on ...
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Why does Cobb risk drugging Fischer on the flight?
In Inception, why does Cobb slip the sedative into Robert's glass of water himself, taking considerable amount of risk at getting caught? Why didn't the Air hostess get the pre-drugged water for ...
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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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Why is Mal sabotaging all/only professional dreams of Cobb?
Maybe I overlooked something, but Mal is trying to sabotage (killing his teammates) all dreams of Cobb concerned with his work (theft of information in dreams, inception of ideas). But during the ...
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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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Confusion Over Last Scene of Inception [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
At which dream level did Inception end?
Was Leonardo DiCaprio dreaming in the last scene of the movie Inception or was that happened in reality?
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Why isn't Arthur woken up by the kick?
First the van rolls, then later the van falls off the bridge. Why doesn't this kick wake up Arthur?
Related questions:
Why do the kicks have to occur simultaneously?
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How does Ariadne know that Saito is dead in the upper level?
When they are in the limbo, we see Ariadne asking Cobb to find and get Saito and not to lose himself before jumping from the building. However, before they entered this limbo Saito was still alive.
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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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At which dream level did Inception end?
In the ending of Inception (2010), there is some doubt that Cobb is in the real world. But if he is not in the real world then at which level of the dream he is in?
Starting at the presumed 'real ...
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How does the dream sharing actually work?
In Inception, dream-sharing is (obviously) a huge part in how the entire plot functions.
Is there any valid references (either scientific or even just an explanation from the writers/director) as to ...
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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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Can someone explain mirror scene with Ariadne in Inception?
The scene where Ariadne closes two mirror planes opposite each other and breaks one.
Can someone explain what that meant?
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How do Cobol's agents know Cobb was in the Mombasa motel?
In Inception, in the Mombasa chase scene, How do the Cobol Engineering's agents know Cobb had arrived in Mombasa?
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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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Why does Cobb use the spinning top?
In the movie Cobb (DiCaprio) tells Ariadne (Page) that the most important rule in choosing a totem is to make sure that no one else has ever touched it.
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How did they bring Fischer back to life within the 3rd layer of the dream?
Near the end of Inception, Mal shoots Fischer, killing him (or at least mortally wounding him) within the 3rd layer of the dream. Dom and Ariadne go down a level to find him and bring him back.
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How does Mal know where to find Robert Michael Fischer?
In Inception Cobb tells Ariadne not to show him the architectural plans so that Mal will not appear in the dream.
Still, Mal appears at the end of the movie and kills Fischer who is standing in front ...
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Why aren't the characters floating two levels down?
If level 0 is the reality, the characters in the van are at level 1. The van drops off the edge of the bridge and goes into freefall. At level 2, in the hotel, they experience the freefall as well. ...
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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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Did Existenz influence Inception?
The movie eXistenZ, which stars Jude Law, shares the concept of layered realities with the movie Inception. Was the movie Inception influenced by Existenz's concept at all?
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