Questions tagged [inception]
Inception is a 2010 film directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Leonardo DiCaprio. Use this tag for questions about the film itself. Do NOT automatically use with the [movie] tag; check that tag's usage guidance before using it.
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How do they go down a level when already inside a dream?
I see how you would go from reality to a dream using a real PASIV device. But how do they hook themselves up to one in a dream when going down several levels? Where does the device come from and how ...
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Why did Saito age?
I just watched Inception, and am very confused about this point. This whole question is a spoiler and could probably all be spoiler-tagged, so don't read it if you haven't seen the movie unless you ...
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Who was Maurice Fischer in the third-level dream?
In the first level of the dream, Eames was able to impersonate Browning.
In the second level of dream (@ the lobby), Eames also impersonated the beautiful woman and stole Fischer's wallet.
But I just ...
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Is Cobb always wearing his wedding ring when he's in a dream?
Every dream-maker in the movie, Inception, uses a totem to tell if they are in a dream or the real world. The totem is a small object they carry with them and is supposed to have certain properties (...
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In Inception, how did everyone finally get out of dream Level 1? [duplicate]
Once the job was complete, everyone was back at level 1. But how did they manage to get out of there and wake up, if they couldn't kill themselves without ending up in limbo and the armed subconscious ...
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Why does Saito say “Have you come to kill me” in the first sequence?
In the very first sequence in Inception we see Cobb interact with Saito,
Saito says,
Are you here to kill me?
But , what I can't understand is why he would say ...
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In Inception, how does the machine determine who are the Dreamer and Subject?
In Christopher Nolan's Inception, characters can have "shared dreams" with a machine called PASIV (Nolan also published a manual about it as part of viral marketing campaign).
In each dream there ...
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Why does Cobb and Ariadne remember their mission once they drop into limbo to fischer?
It has been explained to me that the main difference between limbo and another dream level is that once you are in limbo you forget the difference between a dream and reality. It has been shown ...
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Why does the dream continue in Inception after Dom shoots Arthur?
In a scene within Inception, Dominic Cobb is caught stealing documents from a safe by Saito and Mal. Saito's henchmen bring in Dom's accomplice, Arthur. Mal tests whether they are in a dream by ...
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Why didn't Fischer recognise Saito?
In the third level of the dream (the Snow Fortress) Saito, a major competitor of Fischer interacts with Fischer, but for some reason Fischer simply doesn't notice.
Surely he would know who Saito is, ...
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What is Inceptions End [duplicate]
I have seen Inception many times. Every time I come with a new conclusion. What I feel is that he is in dream right from the beginning, when he comes to meet syto. But, this is also confusing that he ...
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Why was Cobb so afraid to go into limbo, if he had already gone there and knows that he can use his totem to get out?
1.) When Cobb and Saito were in limbo, Cobb realized he was in Limbo because of the spinning totem. But how did Cobb realized he was in limbo, when he and Mal were stuck there?
2.) And in case it was ...
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Why don't the batteries run out in the dream machines on the lower layers?
According to this wiki entry, the PASIV device has a battery life of 200 hours. Multiplied by the time stretching factor of 12 given here, that equates 100 days, or using the factor of 20 for strong ...
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How did Cobb and Mal end up in Limbo to start with?
To my understanding, in order to go to Limbo one basically has to die within I dream while being sedated such that one cannot wakeup, thus the mind has to remain somewhere else. But did the movie ...
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Why did Cobb and Ariadne jump off the building?
At the end of Inception Cobb and Ariandne jump of a skyscraper after meeting Mal.
Was there any point to this? A jump is supposed to return you to that level of the dream: the bus hitting the water ...
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