Inception seems to have a lot of interesting symbology. Thats going off what I've seen so far. And I think the way the film is being marketed allows a lot of room for interpretations to be made. Here are just two of the things I have interpreted:
The maze-like logo for Inception, and how it links into the viral marketing is interesting to note. The way the word 'Inception' is made up from a 'maze of cities' at the end of both of the trailers, and then in the later poster - and on the offical Inception website - the way it is made into the actual city, reflects the viral marketing pretty well. In Stage 1 of the viral marketing, we are asked to make a maze and make our way from point A to B. We create the maze and it is built into the city - further illustrated through Stage 2. So, is this reflecting Christopher Nolan's idea for Inception becoming a reality, and are we going to be put into that maze when we go to watch the film come July 16th? This could be reinforced by the fact that Leo's character says, "A single idea from the human mind can build cities." Who knows, but this is only my interpretation.
The other is the use of water in the second trailer. We see Leo's character being "given the kick," and he is submersed in a tub of water; then afterwards, we see a man (could be Leo's character) standing still, whilst the whole room fills with water. This could be a representation of the different realities, how in the real world he is woken up by being put into water, then in the dream-world this is reflected by that reality being filled with water, thus signalling the character to "wake up." Once again this is only my interpretation, but I reckon its actually quite clever how the two realities are tied together in this manner - water consumes the character in the real world, and the dream-world is affected by this by flooding the character's dream-state.
I have not read any spoilers or anything, I have only taken in what the marketing of Inception has produced so far, and the information that Christopher Nolan himself has given out. I could be totally wrong about all of these. But I do think the way the film is being marketed, and the secretive nature about the whole of Inception, allows room for a lot of observations and interpretations - which I think is fun.
So what are your interpretations about some of the things that you've seen so far from Inception?
The maze-like logo for Inception, and how it links into the viral marketing is interesting to note. The way the word 'Inception' is made up from a 'maze of cities' at the end of both of the trailers, and then in the later poster - and on the offical Inception website - the way it is made into the actual city, reflects the viral marketing pretty well. In Stage 1 of the viral marketing, we are asked to make a maze and make our way from point A to B. We create the maze and it is built into the city - further illustrated through Stage 2. So, is this reflecting Christopher Nolan's idea for Inception becoming a reality, and are we going to be put into that maze when we go to watch the film come July 16th? This could be reinforced by the fact that Leo's character says, "A single idea from the human mind can build cities." Who knows, but this is only my interpretation.
The other is the use of water in the second trailer. We see Leo's character being "given the kick," and he is submersed in a tub of water; then afterwards, we see a man (could be Leo's character) standing still, whilst the whole room fills with water. This could be a representation of the different realities, how in the real world he is woken up by being put into water, then in the dream-world this is reflected by that reality being filled with water, thus signalling the character to "wake up." Once again this is only my interpretation, but I reckon its actually quite clever how the two realities are tied together in this manner - water consumes the character in the real world, and the dream-world is affected by this by flooding the character's dream-state.
I have not read any spoilers or anything, I have only taken in what the marketing of Inception has produced so far, and the information that Christopher Nolan himself has given out. I could be totally wrong about all of these. But I do think the way the film is being marketed, and the secretive nature about the whole of Inception, allows room for a lot of observations and interpretations - which I think is fun.
So what are your interpretations about some of the things that you've seen so far from Inception?
