3. INCEPTION
The establishment or starting point of an
institution or activity.
beginning, commencement, start, birth,
genesis, origin
4. • Inception is a 2010 British-American sciencefiction film
• written,
co-produced,
and
directed
by Christopher Nolan
• Ranked no.37 in box office ranking
5. • Penrose stairs are incorporated into the film
as an example of the impossible objects that
can be created in lucid dream worlds.
6. . DiCaprio plays Dominick
"Dom"
Cobb,
a
professional thief who
commits
corporate
espionage by infiltrating
the subconscious of his
targets. He is offered a
chance of redemption as
payment for a task
considered
to
be
impossible:
"inception",
the
implantation
of
another person's idea into
a target's subconscious.
7. Cobb and his team of specialists
have to pull off the reverse: their
task is not to steal an idea but to
plant one.
8. • What’s happening in the movie: After the first
extraction fails, Cobb spins his top to check if he is in a
dream. It falls over.
• “The Ending Is Not a Dream” Argument: This
establishes context for the audience—the movie is not
all a dream.
9. • What’s happening in the movie: Saito says he’ll clear Cobb’s
name if he takes the job. He asks Cobb to take “a leap of
faith.”
• “The Entire Movie Is a Dream” Argument: The phrase “leap
of faith” occurs over and over. It’s an artifact of Cobb’s
subconscious.
10. • What’s happening in the movie: Cobb starts assembling his
team and trains Ariadne in dreamweaving.
• “Actually, It’s About Movie-Making” Argument: All the
roles correspond. Cobb: director. Ariadne: writer. Eames:
art director. Saito: producer. Fischer: audience.
11. • What’s happening in the movie: Cobb goes to Mombasa to get Eames the
forger and Yusuf the chemist.
• Nolan’s Comment: “I wanted to show the potential for the real world to
have analogies to the dream world. The mazelike city of Mombasa does
that.”
• “Actually, It’s About Movie-Making” Argument: Smash cuts, mysterious
chases, implausible coincidences—the grammar of film is the grammar of
dreams.
12. • What’s happening in the movie: Cobb confronts Mal in
limbo, and Fischer is incepted in the hospital.
• “The Entire Movie Is a Dream” Argument: Mal
challenges Cobb’s reality. Faceless
corporations? Chased around the globe? Really?
13. • What’s happening in the movie: Cobb washes up on
the beach (full circle with beginning).
• “Just the Ending Is a Dream” Argument: Saito honors
his agreement. They build limbo to be their reality
together.
14. •
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What’s happening in the movie: Arriving home, Cobb finally sees his children’s
faces.
“The Entire Movie Is a Dream” Argument: The kids haven’t aged! And they’re in
the same clothes! This is clearly all a dream.
“Or Maybe It’s a Meditation on Architecture” Argument: It’s the golden-lit
craftsman dream home…with a house made of blocks on the dining table.
Nolan’s Comment: “The film is about architects. It’s about builders.”
15. • What’s happening in the movie: Cobb spins the top—it’s still spinning
when the movie cuts to black.
• “The Entire Movie Is a Dream” Argument: The top doesn’t matter—Cobb
can finally see his children’s faces.
• Nolan’s Comment: “The important thing is that Cobb’s not looking at the
top. He doesn’t care.”
• “Or Maybe It’s a Meditation on Architecture” Argument: The top itself is
constructed—topologically, it’s a pseudosphere, every point curving away.
20. 1. Inception was directed by Ridley Scott.
(TRUE)
2. In the movie the act 'inception' has never
been done by anyone before. (false)
3. In the first layer of the inception Saito gets
shot by a projection. (True)
4. The first scene of the film is a dream.(TRUE)
21. 5. The code is 528 492.(TRUE)
6. Mal is alive at the end. (FALSE)
7. In the hotel dream, the kick is when the
building blows up. (false)
8. In the end Dom doesn't care anymore if he's
in reality or not. (true)
22. 9. Tom is Cobb's first name?
10. Cobb was suspected that he killed his
wife.
