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A 2010 British-American science fiction heist thriller film written, co-produced, and directed by Christopher Nolan.

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Can someone explain mirror scene with Ariadne in Inception?

As well as allowing a bit of eye-candy for the movie, I think it is used as a device by the writers to explain some of the background of the shared dreaming experience: The more you as an architect …
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Was it impossible to go into same person's dream each level down, or did it serve a purpose?

I think it comes down to one point - can one mind actively dream two or more states simultaneously. For the dream within a dream thing to work .... the dreamer in level 1 (Yusuf) has to dream the P …
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Why doesn't Eames impersonate Robert Fischer's father to plant the idea in his mind?

There is nothing concrete in the story. However it is certainly plausible that an attempt to replicate the personality and relationship with a close relative or friend in a dream might be fraught wit …
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Who impersonated the Father in death bed in the movie Inception?

The mechanism for how this works is explained by an earlier scene when Cobb is explaining to Ariadne what her role as Architect would be: COBB This is where you come in. You build the world of the dr …
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Why aren't the characters floating two levels down?

It is slightly odd, because other senses appear to be able to penetrate more than one layer, although they are severely attenuated. For example, when they are in Level 2 - someone says "did you feel …
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How did they bring Fischer back to life within the 3rd layer of the dream?

Unfortunately I cannot answer this like the other questions on Inception in a positive manner. This appears to be a gaping hole in the plot. …
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Why does Cobb use the spinning top?

I do not believe there is any mention of what his original totem was. I think we are meant to presume that he adopted Mal's spinning top totem when she committed suicide in what Cobb and we are mea …
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How do Cobol's agents know Cobb was in the Mombasa motel?

As with so many plot points in Inception this is probably designed to cloud our understanding about whether Cobb is in the real world or in a dream. …
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What was the purpose of Saito's presence during the inception job?

My take on this is quite simple. He's hiring a team to encourage a competitor to walk away from competing with his company. This is an illegal activity and as a result involves hiring a team that he …
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What fills the void left by the lack of character development in Inception?

Inception is very polished and has a ton of subtext thrown in, but substantially the characters have no more or less backstory than other movies about professional criminals. …
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How does Mal know where to find Robert Michael Fischer?

At the point in time that we see Mal appear in the room with Fischer, we see her through a gun-sight aimed by Cobb. She appears to drop into the room from above. Mal is just a projection of Cobb, so …
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What's the significance of Cobb's ring in Inception?

The ring theory is interesting but I personally find it hard to believe it. My problem is that I also see conflicting issues with the spinning top. First of all it is my opinion that the top is a poor …
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How did Cobb’s crew know about Saito’s apartment?

I do not think there is some other mechanic going on here. Don't forget the Apartment dream is one level up from the Castle dream. In the Apartment, Cobb in a chair positioned over the bath to give …
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Why were they trying to get that letter from a locker in Inception?

Inception: Screenplay The purpose of extraction is to obtain a secret from the target. … Inception Dream (Targeting Robert Fisher) In the rest of the movie they are trying to do the reverse, planting an idea into Robert Fisher's mind as if it were his own. …
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What kind of maze was Dom looking for in Inception?

What he was looking for was stated fairly precisely. I've added a few words here: You have (a maximum of) two minutes to draw a maze that takes me (a minimum of) one minute to solve The first two m …
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