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If you have never seen Christopher Nolan’sInception,can you really call yourself a cinema-lover? With an amazing plotline, admirable actors, and breathtaking visuals,Inceptionis one of Nolan’s best films of all time.
The intricately designed dream sequences, the emotional undertone of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Dom Cobb and his wife, and the epic finale were a sight to see and it was all thanks to Christopher Nolan’s genius. However, the film didn’t start off exactly as this complex web of dreams.
Christopher Nolan’sInceptionwas originally a heist movie
Almost everyone is aware of the fact that Nolan took 10 years to write the final version ofInceptionbut what many people might not know is that the film originally started off as a heist movie.
Although the concept of dreams was the same, there was no grand narrative or any character arcs in the script. According to Christopher Nolan,Inceptionwas supposed to be a heist movie with glitz and glamour.
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However, when the director thought about it, he realized that heist movies often didn’t have much of an emotional undertone. These heist movies were made for fun and there was no need to explain the logic behind some unrealistic things (viaWired).
I eventually realized that heist films are usually unemotional. They tend to be glamorous and deliberately superficial.
He further stated that when he wrote the tragic love story of Dom Cobb journeying to meet his wife and kids, that’s when he realized that a simple heist movie wouldn’t work with this emotional story.
I figured out the emotional connection of the central character to the audience and made this about following his journey home to his children and his love for his wife.
Well, we are glad that Christopher Nolan came to this conclusion otherwiseInceptionwould have been just another heist movie but with dreams. The film which was eventually released in theaters was much more than that.
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But before he could take on the gigantic responsibility, Nolan wasn’t all that confident in his filmmaking skills. Having worked onMementoandjumping ontoBatman Begins,the director wasn’t too sure about his plans.
Christopher Nolan found hope with Batman
Generally, Superman is the symbol of hope but for theOppenheimerdirector, working inThe Dark Knighttrilogy gave him the much-needed confidence for makingInception.
Starting off withBatman Beginsin 2005 andThe Dark Knightin 2008,Christopher Nolanrevealed to Wired that he enjoyed the latter film as much as the audience did.
As a result, Nolan felt confident in his works and that’s when he started developingInception.
Coming out the other side of that experience and having enjoyed it as much as I did left me feeling like we had a great team of people who could devise and photograph these kinds of visuals.
He further continued,
I came away feeling well equipped to take on the world of Inception and the kind of outlandish imagery it would require.
The result? A film that won 4 Oscars and 3 nominations in various categories.Inceptionresulted in Christopher Nolan finding worldwide fame and critical acclaim for his works.
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Although released in 2010, the film currently stands at a rating of 8.8/10 on IMDb and an impressive score of 87% on Rotten Tomatoes.Inceptionis available to stream on Netflix.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
