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Images from Inception Filming in Paris, Explosive Updates

Posted on Monday, August 17, 2009 at 11:00 am by AlexHaas

As we had previously announced, Inception is filming in Paris today around the Pont de Bir-Hakeim. We have obtained six photos of the shoot. Leo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, and Marion Cotillard are pictured here, as well as, Christopher Nolan, Wally Pfister, and a few other crew members. Whatever they were filming earlier today, it looked as if there were a several extras involved too.

If you’d like to dig into some spoilers, check out People Magazine’s story.

Update: Excitement was turned up a notch in Paris today as Chris Nolan and his crew filmed an scene involving explosions and flying debris. Ellen Page and Leo DiCaprio were on set for the scene.

Check out our full gallery below. We’ve compiled 223 images for your enjoyment. Note – some of these images could be considered spoilers. Nothing real crazy, though.

Images from ComingSoon.net, (twice), Just Jared, @HyacintheR, CloneWeb.


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  • apw

    The text is from the article on People magazine website, by the way.

  • GamingFreak

    Awesome…Maybe you could hide the spoilers..

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    Sorry about that one. I was trying put up a quick little hiding feature like the forums’. While I was messing around with it, the text was being displayed. I’ll have it working correctly in a moment, but for now, no more spoilers. :)

  • GamingFreak
  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    More images added. :)
    Thanks GamingFreak.

  • GamingFreak

    More pictures are being added to the Comingsoon site. :D

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    Those images have been added here too. :D

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    And now even more images. We’re up to 70 total. The page two link on ComingSoon is broken, but you can fix the url to see the new images: http://www.comingsoon.net/imageGallery/Inception_Set&page=2

  • frenchfan

    Beautiful pix, thx !
    Do you know where they’re gonna be filming tomorrow?
    thx

  • Jake

    =) !!!!

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  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    14 more images added. 84 is the current total.

  • Chee

    Holy moley that is a lot of pictures. :D

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    Another 36 added.
    120 is the new total. :)

  • DHOPW42

    I’m not going to watch all of these photos, but I’m really glad that they exist :D

  • frenchfan

    Thanks for sharing all those pix

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  • Chee

    Jeezus, do you guys know how to put a slideshow up?

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    Nah, this is way better. ;)
    We’ve never had to post tons of pictures with this system before. We’ll be better prepared for next time. :)

  • Chee

    I didn’t mean that to read so rudely. :P

    Just asking. :D

  • Chee

    Oh okay. :)

  • Hyacinthe

    If anyone know where they’re shooting tomorrow, plz share !!! I’ll be wandering around Bir-Hakeim tomorrow in case they’re still there…

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    George posted on the forums that they were going to film at Rue Bouchut. He said that they set up a bunch of fake shops and restaurants. I’m not very familiar with that area, me living in Florida and all, but I don’t think any of the pictures we saw today were at Rue Bouchut, everything seemed like it was either on or near the bridge. They could be filming there tomorrow.

    Email us at nolanfans@gmail.com if you’re able to get any pictures. We’ll stick ‘em on the front page asap!

  • frenchfan

    I went there but I couldn’t see a lot cause we can’t approach the shooting. We were very far.

  • George

    Alex, photos from the restaurant shoot are now online :)
    (although they are slightly spoilerish)

    http://justjared.buzznet.com/2009/08/18/leonardo-dicaprio-explosion-on-set/

  • Chee

    Awesome explosion pictures.:D

  • Hyacinthe

    Updated my twitter with my own pictures taken on today’s set and links to other sites which also uploaded pics http://twitter.com/HyacintheR/statuses/3390221281

  • Hyacinthe

    Seem they’re gonna shoot on the same location tomorrow… I’ll be there in the morning ! Hope I’ll be able to take more pics !

  • Chee

    Cool, thanks for the link Hyacinthe!

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    20 more images added.
    Thank you Hyacinthe!

  • Hyacinthe

    It’ll be great if you credit me in the article’s main text by linking me to my twitter account… (http://twitter.com/HyacintheR)

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    Yea, I added your credit. I wasn’t done editing the article. Haha. Didn’t mean to leave you out. ;)

  • Chee

    What does that paper say?

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    I took 3 years of French during high school and I can barely make my way through a few of those sentences. Someone should dump that text into a translator. :)
    Wait. Hyacinthe, you took that picture, right? Can you tell us what it says?

  • Chee

    How long are they shooting in Paris?

  • Hyacinthe

    Yes of course, i forgot to translate !!!
    the first one is a notice of shooting for people living in the neighborhood… It says they’ll be shooting in those streets on Tuesday and Wednesday between 8AM and 8PM. It’s also written that one of the scene will imply explosions and loud noises (I can tell it was a bit loud !)

    But the most important part is this line : “The scene we’ll be shooting, takes place on a dream when a supernatural breeze blows the props.”

    Personally, I was a bit surprised by the production being so descriptive : ‘a dream’ ‘a supernatural breeze’…

    The second one is a reminder of the procedure they were using (two horn sounds) to announce the imminence of the explosion.

    So. I’ll be there again tomorow morning ! Hoping there will be more explosions :D

  • Chee

    Takes place on a dream? Huh.

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    13 more photos have been added.
    152 is the new total.

  • Hyacinthe

    http://www.nolanfans.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/parisfilmingmoreexplosions9.jpg
    I love this one ! It was just after Ellen had a break around 2PM. She must have taken a nap ‘cos she looked soooo sleepy ;D

  • http://www.cloneweb.net cloneweb

    Was on the set, or close, at lunch time.
    We saw Chris Nolan filming a scene with Di Caprio and Ellen Page walking in the street closed to yesterday’s set.
    Leonardo signed a couple of autographs before lunch break.
    It was really cool to see all of them working there.

    If you understand French, I wrote a bigger summary here
    http://www.cloneweb.net/actualite/chris-nolan-a-paris-en-photos/

    Hope to get some photos in the afternoon, thanks to a friend of mine. I’ll let you know.

  • GamingFreak

    A translation of above article

    Christopher Nolan, director of The Dark Knight, was in Paris a few days ago very nice company. He turned in effect with Leonardo di Caprio, Marion Cottillard and the lovely Ellen Page Inception a scene of his next film oriented science fiction. For Parisians and connoisseurs, the scene was shot on the bridge of Bir Hakeim. A photo gallery is visible by clicking here.
    Inception fate on 4 August 2010.

    Updated: If you are in Paris, the shooting is still scheduled for today 19/08. It will take place near the metro Sèvres Lecourbe as stated the communiqué. A big thank you to Hyacinthe who took some photos available here.

    Update 2: I went in the 15th district this afternoon to try to see the shooting. Petit report …

    Account of the shooting of Christopher Nolan Inception in Paris on 19 August 2009

    Under a blazing sun that Chris Nolan turns Inception in Paris. So I went near the subway Segur in the 15th arrondissement, near the headquarters of Unesco.
    First trucks everywhere, really everywhere. Dozens of trucks, equipment, with clothes hangers, a crane, gas cylinders (for the scene shot yesterday?). Le quartier de la rue Bouchut was literally drowned in the filming equipment.
    First, a first remote barrier blocking the road César Franck (plan to better understand the topology). Photographers (paparazzi?) Armed with huge telephoto lenses trying to take pictures of Leonardo di Caprio faces a French security leaves nicely done. It still does not much …
    I decided to go round by the street Haüy to see what happens at the corner of César Franck and rue Bouchut. That was yesterday you could see Di Caprio attablé with Ellen Page on the terrace of a café. During this scene, a car exploded and debris are shown. According to the signs warning residents, it is a scene taking place in the dream of one of the protagonists.
    Today, no explosion, but a much more sober scene. I could just see Leo di Caprio and Ellen Page filmed walking in the street a few meters, Christopher Nolan watching from afar. The scene is shot twice. First the characters who walk on foot or by bicycle and then the two players. And it is turned several times, including through the cars of the sun.
    Clap end. Announcement of the lunch break. Di Caprio sign some autographs for the children and goes away. The Badeaux who took photos from afar, watched by molosse the safety and shooting, are gone. End of story.

    All the photos of the first two days and probably today, too, are centralized on NolanFans.

  • http://www.cloneweb.net cloneweb

    Thanks for translating it.
    I’ve updated my article with a few pictures taken earlier this afternoon thanks to a friend. No cast. The crew was only filming extras.
    But the last pic is a sheet of cast/crew/locations and stuff. Interesting.
    Of course, AlexHaas, feel free to use them :)

  • magalie

    does anyone know if the last day of shooting is today wednesday or tomorrow thursday?? i really wanna go tomorrow because i cant today. ive been there yesterday but didnt see dicaprio nor ellen page. i really wanted to see them:(

  • http://www.cloneweb.net cloneweb

    Today. You should try quickly, wrapping is at 7pm

  • magalie

    oh well i cant i have an appointment in 1h.
    i should try their hotel tonight if i find out where they’re staying at.

  • GamingFreak

    BTW, some of the character names are revealed in a pic

  • http://www.cloneweb.net cloneweb

    Characters name and some stuff about Ellen Page’s character and her ability to make dreams, or something like that.

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  • apw

    what happened to the pictures from bauergriffin? the links are dead.

  • Hyacinthe

    Who wants some explosions? I made a short video from this afternoon scene… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJn5UzHMtaw

  • Hyacinthe

    It’s weird, ‘cos if you look carefully at the explosions photos or video, you’ll noticed that anyone but Leo DiCaprio seems to be affected by the explosions…

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    @apw They sent us a nice little copyright infringement notice. You’ll have to visit their site if you want to see those pics. ;)

  • GamingFreak
  • apw

    Hyacinthe – did you manage to get any new pictures from wednesday?

  • filipeG

    “It’s weird, ‘cos if you look carefully at the explosions photos or video, you’ll noticed that anyone but Leo DiCaprio seems to be affected by the explosions…”

    Yes, I also noticed that!

    The waiter behind remains untouchable.

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    70 more images now, 215 total. :)

  • Hyacinthe

    and another video, much more interesting than mine… ^^
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7CyUekbXRE (found via http://www.ellenpage.org, THE best website about the tiny canadian)

  • Hyacinthe

    @apw I spent only 1h on the set on Wednesday (instead of almost 8h on Tuesaday O_o), so didn’t have time to take pictures. Just saw two explosion scenes, but I just got there when the 1st one begin shooting, and my digital camera was out of my pocket only after this scene was shot… Too bad !

  • Hyacinthe
  • Hyacinthe

    okay, so I found 2 more videos on YouTube, you can get ‘em here: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=AA4D1DA626ED0DB2 (it’s a playlist with all four videos taken on the set)

  • Hyacinthe

    BTW, It seems that my previous comment with 4 links to more and more pics has been considered as SPAM ?!

  • apw

    That is probably just the automated system.

    Why not come and join the forum and post the links there?

  • http://www.nolanfans.com AlexHaas

    8 images added, 223 total.

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  • Chee

    Awesome video, postman!

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