Nolan came up with the numbers by telling Cillian Murphy to blurt out the first 6 numbers that popped into his head after his audition, or else he would give the role to Christian Bale
Dingman wrote:Nolan came up with the numbers by telling Cillian Murphy to blurt out the first 6 numbers that popped into his head after his audition, or else he would give the role to Christian Bale
Dingman wrote:Nolan came up with the numbers by telling Cillian Murphy to blurt out the first 6 numbers that popped into his head after his audition, or else he would give the role to Christian Bale
Hi guys,
lots of interesting observations and theories in this thread. I don't think however that Christopher Nolan would give much thought to a symbolic representation of the numbers "528491"... he seems to me to be more of a practical guy.
Having said that, something has been bothering me since I saw the film for the second time yesterday. In the hotel level of the heist, Cobb makes it clear to Fischer that the number the blonde has just given him in a piece of paper can't be from a telephone, since it's just six digits. Fast forwarding to the end of the film, when Cobb wakes up in the plane, I could clearly hear Saito dialing only six numbers in his cellphone. And six different numbers, if I recall correctly. I wonder what those numbers were, and what would be the implications, if any.
maclaine wrote:Hi guys,
lots of interesting observations and theories in this thread. I don't think however that Christopher Nolan would give much thought to a symbolic representation of the numbers "528491"... he seems to me to be more of a practical guy.
Having said that, something has been bothering me since I saw the film for the second time yesterday. In the hotel level of the heist, Cobb makes it clear to Fischer that the number the blonde has just given him in a piece of paper can't be from a telephone, since it's just six digits. Fast forwarding to the end of the film, when Cobb wakes up in the plane, I could clearly hear Saito dialing only six numbers in his cellphone. And six different numbers, if I recall correctly. I wonder what those numbers were, and what would be the implications, if any.
maclaine wrote:Hi guys,
lots of interesting observations and theories in this thread. I don't think however that Christopher Nolan would give much thought to a symbolic representation of the numbers "528491"... he seems to me to be more of a practical guy.
Having said that, something has been bothering me since I saw the film for the second time yesterday. In the hotel level of the heist, Cobb makes it clear to Fischer that the number the blonde has just given him in a piece of paper can't be from a telephone, since it's just six digits. Fast forwarding to the end of the film, when Cobb wakes up in the plane, I could clearly hear Saito dialing only six numbers in his cellphone. And six different numbers, if I recall correctly. I wonder what those numbers were, and what would be the implications, if any.
Cheers.
Well, the blonde (Eames) puts that sequence of numbers down just to reinforce (I think) it in Fischer's mind that it really does mean something.
And at the end, I only heard Saito dial four numbers.
Telemachus wrote:I still think the numbers are meaningless and random. Literally, the first 6 numbers to pop into Fischer's head.
Yep that is the entire purpose of it. Its random, its true inspiration as Arthur would say. Its impossible to fake. Therefore its such a powerfull part of the film, and one of the most genius aspects of the plot.