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Inceptionis a film that boggled the minds of millions of people and left the world with an ambiguous ending. With a script from Christopher Nolan and the visionary director’s skills, the movie was a rollercoaster (of dreams and reality).
Amidst the plethora of thrilling scenes and collapsing dreams, the world fell in love with Leonardo DiCaprio’s iconic character. Having nightmares about his wife, DiCaprio spins the top at the end of the film and the scene cuts to black right before the spin seems to topple.
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The entire film delves into the concepts of sleep and dreams. With DiCaprio’s Cobb usually stealing ideas from other people’s minds, the lead character is tasked with a reverse heist where he has to implant an idea. Well, the sleep is just the beginning.
As they delve into dreams and realities, the film gets increasingly confusing as fans are not able to tell apart dreams from reality. That’s when the film introduces the concept of a totem. For DiCaprio’s Cobb, it’s a totem that he can spin. If the totem falls, he is in a reality but it if keeps spinning, he’s probably dreaming.
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Allegedly involved in the murder of his wife, Cobb’s one chance at redemption is the reverse heist. However, during the plan, there are several moments where reality and dream merge into one big chaos.
After everything is done and dusted, DiCaprio seems to be reunited with his children at the end of the film. That’s when he decides to test whether he is in a dream or a reality.Christopher Nolanmakes the top spin for one last time during the finale of the film.
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However, Nolan leaves us with an ambiguous ending as we do not see the top fall, but neither does it keep spinning. The screen fades to black when the top becomes a little unstable and audiences are left wondering in the dark whether it was all real or just another one of DiCaprio’s dreams.
Christopher Nolan Reveals A Bomb Secret ForInception
According to the director, the ending is supposed to represent Cobb’s not caring anymore about whether he is dreaming or not. The only thing that matters to the lead character is that he is reunited with his family.
However, according to some statements by veteran actorMichael Caine(Stephen Miles), Christopher Nolan revealed one major secret to him while filming. According to the actor, whenever his character is on-screen, the scene is a reality and not a dream.
Michael Caine revealed that Christopher Nolan told him his character in Inception always represents reality. So, whenever Michael Caine appears, you know the scene is not a dream.pic.twitter.com/xUKMBc6wwJ
Well, that is quite a way to look at things when watched a second time. We are sure that this secret will make things a lot clearer whenever Michael Caine appears in the scene.
Here’s the iconic part.Michael Caine did appearat the end ofInceptionwhen DiCaprio reunited with his kids.Thus, it could be said that the ending ofInceptionwas a reality and not another one of Cobb’s dreams. Whatever the case may be, one thing is pretty certain here… time for a rewatch.
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Inceptionreceived a rating of 8.7/10 on IMDb and a whopping 87% on Rotten Tomatoes. With some iconic ratings, theLeonardo DiCapriofilmis available to rent on AppleTV+ in the U.S.
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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.
