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Inception crashed into theaters final night at midnight and if y'all haven't seen information technology, we promise you volition soon. When you do, it's certain to be the only matter you'll want to talk virtually for at to the lowest degree the next week. Internally here at Movie theater Blend it'south pretty much the only affair we've been able to remember about and walking out of the moving-picture show left united states of america and pretty much everyone whose seen it with a lot of questions. Inception is the kind of moving-picture show that gets you lot thinking and the film's circuitous plot is the sort of thing that almost demands unraveling.

To aid brand sense of some of the movie'south more twisty details the unabridged Movie theater Alloy team got together and tried to ask some of the more common questions people are request nigh the flick. It's our try to explain Inception and make sense of Christopher Nolan'due south fantastically detailed dream earth.

But nosotros don't accept all the answers. Information technology'south our promise that you'll assistance u.s. make sense of things by contributing your own theories and questions to our detailed list below. Tell u.s.a. where we were wrong, aid u.s.a. fill up in the gaps, pose new questions nosotros haven't thought of still, in the comments section below. This listing of questions and answers will exist updated with your contributions and new contributions from usa as we work in 2d and third viewings of the film over the weekend, so go along checking back to see the latest updates.

Set up? Enter the dream and try to understand it.

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How did Mal get involved in all the dream invasion stuff to begin with?

A: It's seems pretty clear from the context of the movie that Mal and Cobb were married and engaged in legitimate dream exploration together before Mal'south decease. After her death, Cobb was forced to use his knowledge of dreams to become a thief.

How do the never-ending staircases work, and how was Arthur able to use one without Ariadne, as the builder, there to alter the architecture?

A: The never-ending staircases are paradoxes (logical fallacies that can't exist in reality). Though Ariadne designed the levels and probably designed the staircase, in the level where Arthur uses it he'southward the dreamer. Like shortcuts were worked in, in advance, to the snow dream by Eams. Ariadne tells Cobb about them when they demand a faster route to the fortress.

What causes the loss of gravity in the hotel dream earth?

A: As it is in real life, the dreamer's dream tin can be affected past things happening outside the dream. If information technology gets cold while yous're sleeping, sometimes people dream of water ice or snow. If a person falls out of bed, sometimes they'll dream of skydiving or falling in their dream. So when the van in the dream level above the hotel falls off the span, the motion of those inside the van is thrown off, and that feeling of falling carries over into the dream, making it every bit though there's no gravity in the hotel level beneath the van. This outcome does not, however, seem to extend whatever further than ane level in a dream inside a dream within a dream.

Arthur blows up an elevator to create a Kick in anti-gravity. How does that piece of work?

A: Since there is no gravity, Arthur disconnects the elevator from the cables and and then uses an explosion to propel it, as it would be propelled if there were gravity. When it hits the bottom they're shaken around, creating a Kick. Arthur uses the lift because he needs a fashion to insure that the Kick occurs chop-chop and to everyone at once and so he doesn't have to practice them one at a time, in much the same way the falling van drops them together.

After he'south shot and killed, they resuscitate Fisher Jr. Why couldn't they salvage Saito in the same way?

A: This one had usa stumped but Max Miller offers this caption in the comments below: "Saito is shot on the first level of the dream, merely doesn't dice until the third. If they resuscitated him on the third level, it would only bring him back to the second where he was still dying, and if he survived that, then it would but bring him back to the commencement where he was dying the fastest anyway. Meanwhile, since Fischer was shot on the tertiary level and sent to Limbo, his "bodies" on the other two levels were totally fine. The boot from the defibrillator timed correctly with the falling sensation he experienced after Ariadne pushed him off the building was plenty to bring him back to normal level three and so he could complete the mission. If she had just shot him once more downwards in Limbo, he probably would have woken up for existent and the mission would have failed."

Aren't you supposed to be alone in limbo? Why are Cobb's projections of his wife and kids in that location?

A: Our understanding is that limbo simply contains things yous've built in it, which could explicate why Cobb'south limbo has so few projections. The project of his married woman is something he tells Mal at the cease that he's tried to recreate over fourth dimension, so information technology could exist that she's more a projection and is actually an intentional cosmos of his. Similarly, Saito could take created the guards which populate his limbo.

If the globe with crumbling buildings is Cobb'due south limbo, what is the place he ends upward in with Saito?

A: Two unlike theories possible, let's break them down ane at a fourth dimension:

Theory 1 The simplest answer here would be that this world isn't actually limbo but a deeper level which perchance Cobb has mistaken for limbo or misrepresented as limbo. You have to die to go to limbo and neither Cobb nor Ariadne dies in the water ice fortress, they but go to sleep again and enter Cobb's dream, which just resembles the world he and Mal congenital in limbo because Cobb has created it. (Their kids weren't with them in their original limbo, so if this were limbo once again, why would they magically be there with them to live happily always after?) Also, Cobb could have deliberately been planning how the whole level worked out - he used it to detach himself from Mal, create a projection of Fischer to hogtie Ariadne to go out and not get into limbo and stayed every bit the whole matter crumbled to get to the real limbo to help Saito. And perhaps that'south the reason Fischer tin can be revived. He wasn't actually shot expressionless.

Theory 2 Merely since Ariadne tried to kill herself to escape information technology, and we know that killing yourself in whatsoever level but limbo volition merely send you lot to limbo, it seems as though Ariadne must have believed she was in limbo. If the crumbling city level really is a form of limbo, could that mean both Cobb and Saito in limbo, but in unlike limbos? If dreams are the machinations of the hidden, and limbo is the hidden that Cobb has built, the locations are ane in the same. Information technology's the same reason why Cobb can no longer work as an builder. Perhaps Cobb and Saito's terminal locations are the same place. If and then, how does Cobb notice Saito's fortress? How does he finish up on that beach? Nosotros're total of questions on this one, but given the context of the movie this theory seems like the most likely of the two.

Why is Saito so much older than Cobb in the terminal dream level?

A: It's likely that Cobb and Saito are in limbo for the same corporeality of time, however Cobb knows he's in limbo, so perhaps this keeps him from aging visibly. Saito on the other hand seems to take forgotten where he is, and and then the passage of time (which could have been decades since time runs faster the deeper yous go) has more of an impact on him. Similarly, the starting time fourth dimension Cobb and Mal finish upwards in limbo they aged because they've forgotten where they really are and accepted information technology equally their reality.

Does Cobb's totem keep spinning at the cease or is information technology nearly to autumn off the table?

A: The fact that the picture show cuts abroad before we know for sure suggests that they want u.s.a. to keep guessing. But nosotros think information technology kept spinning. Here's our reasoning: Annotation that at the cease of the picture show Cobb'southward kids haven't aged. They match exactly his retentivity of them. A memory which must almost surely by now be out of date, since he's been away from them for many months. Though he finally sees their faces, otherwise they look exactly as he envisioned them. They're even wearing the same wearing apparel. In reality, his kids would now exist older and unlike than his memories of them. This could propose that Cobb is however in the dream and the summit does indeed keep spinning after the credits whorl.

Alternate Theory Aaron points this out in our comments department: "In the opening moments you lot get a glimpse of Leo'southward hand. Specifically, he's wearing his hymeneals band. Now, if you lot follow the residuum of the flick keeping an eye out for this you volition notice that he just has the ring on when he'due south in the dream world. At the end of the movie he isn't wearing the ring." If the ring only appears when he'south in a dream and he's not wearing at the terminate of the film, that could be confirmation that in fact, the elevation does finish spinning after the credits and Cobb is at last in the real globe.

New Information Even though Cobb's kids appear to be wearing the aforementioned clothes at the end of the film, according to Inception's costume designer here they are indeed wearing different clothes.

If the top really does continue spinning at the terminate and Cobb's reality actually is a dream, then why didn't information technology keep spinning when he tried it earlier in the flick?

A: Assuming for a moment that Cobb is still in the dream when the flick ends, it doesn't necessarily mean he was in a dream for the entire movie. The Cobb we see at the stop could in fact be a man still trapped in limbo. This seems unlikely though since the flick seems to indicate that Saito and Cobb killed themselves to escape it, right earlier waking up on the airplane. See alternate theory.

Alternating Theory Ivan in the comments below suggests that it'due south still possible that the entire film could exist a dream considering the totem may only work to ensure you're not in someone else's dream. "Retrieve about it, YOU know your totem'due south fox exactly so if you were in your ain host dream then yous could replicate it perfectly. It is only when y'all are in someone else's dream that your totem does non bear in it's flim-flam grade since that host cannot architect it so. This is why nobody knows the play a joke on functionality of anyone else's totem!"

How do Cobb and Saito survive limbo for such an extended flow of time? Isn't your mind supposed to burn out in at that place?

A: The film never really says your mind will burn out in that location, merely suggest that you'll become lost there and be unable to find your way out. The real obstacle to getting out of limbo seems to be realizing that you're in limbo. At the end of the motion-picture show, it takes an appearance by Cobb to remind Saito that the earth he's in isn't real, and once he realizes Saito reaches for a gun and, presumably, shoots himself in club to escape. It could exist that your brain only really is damaged out if you stay in Limbo for the total term, or if you stay there later the machine connection powering the dream is disconnected.

If the dream they enter at the end of the picture show belongs to Fisher Jr., then why does Cobb enter the limbo he built with his wife? Shouldn't it exist Fisher Jr.'s limbo?

A: The snowfall fort dream is not Fisher'south. That dream belongs to Eams. Each level is dreamt past a different member of Cobb's team, and then Fisher's subconcious is brought in to fill information technology. The first level is dreamed past Yusuf, who so stays behind to drive the van and initiate a kick to bring them dorsum. The second level is dreamt by Arthur, who then stays behind to put them in the elevator and initiate another kick. The 3rd level is dreamed by Eams, who again stays backside to establish explosives on the building, which drops them and initiates another Kick. The final level is Limbo. Limbo is a shared environment not limited to a single subconscious. Limbo contains zilch, excep the remnants of whatever might have been built by someone who has been there before. Cobb has been in that location before, so limbo contains the buildings he and his wife built over the fifty years they spent in that location.

If Mal and Cobb grew old together in Limbo, and we see them as an elderly couple, why are they young when at the finish of the time in limbo they kill themselves on the railroad tracks?

A: The most probable explanation for this is that Cobb's memory of their youth was merely a fantasy of his, and in truth they aged together as we saw. This is supported by the film. The first time we run across Cobb envisioning them killed past the train, they're young. A close upwards shot of their hands clasped reveals their hands to be young besides. Afterwards when Cobb tells the real story of how they escaped limbo, nosotros see their hands clasped on the railroad tracks and they're older and wrinkled, simply as Cobb and Mal are when we see them walking through the city while Cobb talks nearly them growing one-time together. It seems probable this is the truthful version of the story and the version in which they're younger is part of the mirage Cobb constructed which was visited past Ariadne.

How did Cobb and Mal end upwards in Limbo in the offset place?

A: The movie suggests it was an accident, caused by Cobb's want to continue going deeper and deeper into the dream until he went also deep. Several different ways this could have been accomplished, perhaps they used the same type of sedation as Yusuf used and so intentionally killed themselves just to see what would happen.

Why did Cobb perform Inception on Mal?

A: Cobb and Mal were trapped in Limbo for 50 years, unaware that their world wasn't existent. Cobb eventually discovered the truth, simply Mal refused to accept it. In order to go Mal to kill herself and return to the real globe, Cobb performed Inception on her, planting the thought that the world wasn't real in her mind. This worked, they killed themselves and escaped Limbo. Unfortunatley, the idea remained in Mal's listen and once they returned, she was unable to accept that the real earth wasn't a dream.

Who were the dreamers for the different levels?

A: Level one, with the van, was dreamed by Yusuf (Dileep Rao). Level two in the hotel was dreamed by Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Level iii with the snowfall fort was dreamed by Eams (Tom Hardy). The terminal level was Limbo and dreamed by no 1, since it'southward a place of shared consciousness.

How does the Builder have control over someone else's dream?

A: The Architect designs the dream levels in the real world, so teaches the level design to the dreamer.

How does the Forger work?

A: Eams is the Forger. This name has ii meanings. In the real globe he can forge identities using his contacts and his ability to fake documents. In the dream earth, he can alter his appearance and take on the personality of someone else he'southward studied, probably using much the aforementioned methods used to construct buildings.

Was Ariadne somehow enlightened of the numbers Fischer would come up with or did she change the hotel'south floor plan so that 491 would be beneath 528?

A: It seems incommunicable that they could accept known in advance, they must have left a blank place in their design to be filled in with the numbers as they learned them. If anyone has any other theories on this, audio off in the comments!

Why did dying wake dreamers upward early in the movie, just subsequently in the motion-picture show it sent them to Limbo?

A: The film explains this every bit existence due to the types of sedatives used on the dreamers during the concluding sequence. When normal sedatives are used, death wakes y'all upward. But in social club to go three dream levels deep, heavier sedatives must be used, causing this unwanted side-effect.

Why didn't Arthur wake up when the van collection off the bridge?

A: When the van drives off the bridge, Cobb says they missed the get-go Boot. This is understandable since Cobb, Eams, Ariadne, and Fisher Jr. are ii levels beneath it and can just be awakened past a boot in the level above them, where Arthur is. Just Arthur is in the level directly beneath the vans, and the rules of the movie do seem to suggest that he should have awakened past that Kick. Perhaps experienced dreamers have some control over whether a Kick wakes them up? Nosotros're a fiddling baffled by this one, let us know if y'all have a better theory.

Alternate Theory CB reader Jordan offers this possible explanation: Ealier in the picture show Arthur tells Ariadne that if Yusuf kicks also early so they won't wake up. While normally in order to wake up you must recieve a Kick in the level higher up, this isn't true when using the special sedative. Instead with the sedative it takes two synchronized Kicks. In order to be Kicked when nether the sedative you had to be kicked in both levels simultaneously. Arthur didn't have the second Kick ready when the van collection off the bridge, so he wasn't awakened by the van falling off the bridge.

Why did Ariadne jump off the building in Cobb'south limbo if Eames was going to wake her up with his Kick in the level above?

A: Ariadne may not accept been certain Eames' Kick would work, so she was attempting to impale herself by jumping off the edifice. Even though we'd been told killing yourself inside the dream would just push you into limbo, Cobb has just told her that once he got to limbo with Mal they escaped by killing themselves so Ariadne knows that death is a way to escape, even though in this case it wasn't necessary.

Alternate Theory Because of the sedative it may require two, synchronized Kicks in two levels to wake someone, instead of the single Kick commonly used.

When Arthur plans his Kick, why is information technology important for anybody to wake up at the aforementioned time?

A: We're not entirely sure it is. Information technology's more important that he wake them up apace when information technology comes time for the Kick, to time it to occur at the same fourth dimension as the Kick in the level above. By putting them in the elevator he can requite them a Kicking all at in one case, and synchronize it with the other Kicks.

What did Cobb putting a spinning superlative inside the rubber mean?

A: The safe is a creation of the subconscious that Cobb exploits, in this case Mal. The safes are constructed so that the dreamer believes that it is a safety place for them to store their secrets. The superlative is Mal'south totem, which she uses to determine whether she'south in a dream. If it never stops spinning, that tells Mal that she's in a dream. By placing a constantly spinning totem in the safe, Cobb is placing an idea (and a very uncomplicated one) inside her subconscious. Information technology's not that she saw the totem spinning, but that it was ever spinning in her subconcious mind. This is why she thought she was trapped in the dream world.

Why did Cobb need to employ Inception on Mal to convince her to kill herself? Couldn't he have simply snuck upwards on her and shot her?

A: Concievably. But perhaps Cobb, madly in love with Mal, simply couldn't bring himself to do it. Remember, he was barely able to shoot a project of her. It might exist all just impossible to impale the real Mal, no matter how important he thought it was to do then.

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A Kick: By upsetting the equilibrium of a dreamer yous tin wake them from a dream and return them to reality. If you're dreaming a dream inside a dream, each level of the dream has to have its own Kick in lodge for the one on the higher level to work. So Arthur blew upward the elevator to wake them up from the snowfall fortress dream then they could so be woken upwardly past the car hitting the h2o.

Limbo: A place where dreamers may end upward if they go too securely. It'southward a place where time runs apace and people seem to forget reality. We're told a person flung there might burn out their listen, though somehow Saito, Cobb, and Mal all survive it and escape. Considering of the drugs used in the dreamers in Inceptions final mission, we learn a dreamer tin can in this one instance also be flung into limbo if they're killed in the dream.

Inception: The practice of entering dreams and planting an idea in someone's head. Normally Cobb and his team just invade dreams to steal secrets and they aren't sure if Inception is actually possible.

The Builder: The person who constructs the dream world inside the listen of the Dreamer. In the terminal dream of Inception, Ariadne (equally played by Ellen Page) is the architect.

The Dreamer: The person whose dream you're actually in. When creating a dream within a dream, each level must have a different dreamer. In the concluding sequence, Yusuf dreams the get-go level, Arthur dreams the second one, and Eams dreams the third level with the snow fort.

The Bailiwick: The person whose subconcious is really brought into the dream, commonly for the purpose of extracting information from them or on rare occasions in guild to plant an idea in their mind. In the final sequence, Fisher Jr. is the subject.

Totem: An object synthetic by someone who plans to invade a dream, whose exact weight and composition just they know. This object can be used to help verify whether you're in the real globe, or the dream world. Cobb uses a top which, when spun within a dream never stops spinning. Ariadne constructs a chess piece, which she plans to utilize as her totem.

Projection: A person created past the subconcious mind of the subject field. Projections are non real. They function similar white blood cells and should the subject field begin to realize that the dream he'south in isn't his, Projections respond violently and attempt to seek out the Dreamer and destroy him.

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