Writer/Director - Christopher Nolan

Arthur wakes up only when the van hits the water. During the process of the Van's falling down, Arthur experiences a non-gravitational atmosphere.

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Originally Posted by kid_glove

Cobb is thrown into Limbo only when the van hits the water in Level1, as he is drowned here. Saito is already in Limbo because he over-bleeds to death because of fatal wounds, and is therefore considerably aged

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Ah...ok. Makes sense.


On, 3 , I still didn't get why Arthur was not kicked back to Level 1 when the Van hit the bridge. He was the ONLY person in Level 2 at that time. Isn't it ?

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Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

K_G,
\Now Nolan has hacked ur id.. Yes, U can take this as a compliment as well.. :-)

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k_g, are you taking this as a compliment? ;-)

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Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

Arthur wakes up only when the van hits the water. During the process of the Van's falling down, Arthur experiences a non-gravitational atmosphere.

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adhaan yEn 'ngREn.

He should have woken up, right ?
It is understandable that the others did not wake up, as they were one level below (in Level 3). Arthur was only in Level 2.

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Originally Posted by P_R

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Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

K_G,
\Now Nolan has hacked ur id.. Yes, U can take this as a compliment as well.. :-)

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k_g, are you taking this as a compliment? ;-)

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Nolan would be cringing for sure. :lol:

Thanks Ajay & Sathya. As always, you're too kind. :wink:

Can't vouch that this is 100% true. Need to watch the film again.

Innovative thinking :2thumbsup: Brilliant try :clap: and superb output :notworthy: with awesome shots :thumbsup:

ellaarum serndhu enakku tension jaasthi panniteenga! Padam naan ippove paarthaagaNume. Ippo naan enna seiyya :mad:

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Originally Posted by P_R

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Originally Posted by ajaybaskar

Arthur wakes up only when the van hits the water. During the process of the Van's falling down, Arthur experiences a non-gravitational atmosphere.

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adhaan yEn 'ngREn.

He should have woken up, right ?
It is understandable that the others did not wake up, as they were one level below (in Level 3). Arthur was only in Level 2.

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What happens in Level 1 would impact Level 2 and Level 3 so on, but they are still not strong enough to 'kick' 'em back. That's why we see 'tumbling' effect first in Level 2 when the van hits the bridge in Level 1. But not a 'kick'. The 'kick' needs a bit more magnitude, one presumes.

They sync with different music tracks to know specific time to hit the breakpoint. Point man, Arthur updates 'em, and keeps the clock, so to speak)

Usually a 'descent' down motion gives the 'kick' to wake 'em up in every state. This is true of dreams in general.

Of course, this is why Fischer is kicked down in Level 4 and Adriane falls down deliberately - to push up to higher level (where again the Turkish monument in Level 3 is pulled down and Lift in Level 2 is pulled down plus the van hitting the water in full descent - kicking all the way down to Level 1.

And the pivotal suicide scene, Mal, assuming the perceived 'reality' to be a 'dream', falls down the building to jump back to 'actual' reality (Which we assume doesn't exist as we don't follow Mal's POV). And one possible suggestion is it's Cobb who is deluding this state to be 'reality'. And the audience are convinced enough of this 'reality' as we are following his POV. But we can't be so sure. This troubles me well enough to watch the film again. :)

Three things (ideas) I liked most in this film

1) the time difference
2) dream nesting and hence
3) the multiplying time difference

and the fourth I liked is the two kids and the hero can not see them in his dream and in climax...

btw namma murugadass 7aam Arivu itha vachu than edukkurarunu pesikiduranga :lol: like Gajini.

If Murugadoss was to copy 'Inception' then he should've probably hired a dream stealer and extracted the idea from Nolan. Doesnt make sense..