Might it be that Cobb is in Saito's dream, and Cobb's penthouse in the final scene is really part of the Snow Fortress dream layer (rebuilt by Saito based on his expectations)?
Couldn't Saito's Japanese Mansion on the cliff—which we see at the beginning and ending of the film (where Saito spends 40 years in Limbo)—be a subconscious element in Saito's mind popping through in James' comment?
For more on the possible significance of James' line, and on why Cobb could still be dreaming even if the top falls in the final scene, check out this cool Inception blog post:
Wired: The last line of the movie is Cobb’s son saying, “I built a house,” and there’s a building made of blocks on the dining table. Most people in the movie are builders of one kind or another. What does that last line signify?
Nolan: That’s a tricky one. Anyone who’s worked with child actors, even ones as great as the ones in this movie, knows that you basically have to ask a kid to improvise and they’re going to say whatever they want to say. We certainly tried to choose the most apt takes. But yes, the film is about architects, builders, people who would have the mental capacity to construct large-scale worlds—the world of the dream. Everything is about how they would -create, whether it’s blocks or sand castles or a dream. These are all acts of -creation. There’s a relationship between the sand castle the kids are building on the beach in the beginning of the film and the buildings literally being eaten away by the subconscious and falling into the sea. The important thing in Inception is the mental process. What the dream-share technology enables them to do is remove physicality from that process. It’s about pure creation. That’s why it’s a film about architects rather than soldiers.
Might it be that Cobb is in Saito's dream, and Cobb's penthouse in the final scene is really part of the Snow Fortress dream layer (rebuilt by Saito based on his expectations)?
Couldn't Saito's Japanese Mansion on the cliff—which we see at the beginning and ending of the film (where Saito spends 40 years in Limbo)—be a subconscious element in Saito's mind popping through in James' comment?
For more on the possible significance of James' line, and on why Cobb could still be dreaming even if the top falls in the final scene, check out this cool Inception blog post:
Might it be that Cobb is in Saito's dream, and Cobb's penthouse in the final scene is really part of the Snow Fortress dream layer (rebuilt by Saito based on his expectations)?
Couldn't Saito's Japanese Mansion on the cliff—which we see at the beginning and ending of the film (where Saito spends 40 years in Limbo)—be a subconscious element in Saito's mind popping through in James' comment?
For more on the possible significance of James' line, and on why Cobb could still be dreaming even if the top falls in the final scene, check out this cool Inception blog post:
