company: Warner Bros.,
Legendary Pictures and Syncopy
year: 2010
runtime: 148′
director: Christopher Nolan
cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt,
Ellen Page, Tom Hardy, Dileep Rao,
Ken Watanabe, Cillian Murphy,
Tom Berenger, Marion Cotillard
writer: Christopher Nolan
cinematography: Wally Pfister
music: Hans Zimmer
Out in wide release now
If one were looking for proof positive that the Hollywood system is still capable of producing compelling, original work there could be no better example than Christopher Nolan’s refreshing piece of blockbuster filmmaking Inception, which has arrived just in time to save multiplexers from a seemingly endless parade of knock-offs, remakes, reboots and franchise sequels. Inception is a rarity among contemporary big budget fare – a science fiction thriller that deals in big ideas rather than laser blasts and catch phrases, with a strong emotional core to bind everything together.
The big science fiction concept at the heart Inception is a machine that allows its users to plug into the dreams of others, and around which arises a new kind of criminal, dream thieves who construct controlled dreamscapes that allow their targets’ subconscious to manifest in more or less predictable ways. The story follows the best of these, a fugitive named Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) who uses his personal proficiency with the technology to commit industrial espionage for high-end clientele.
