How has this show never done a Christopher Nolan film before? Today your hosts rectify that and discuss his 2010 film INCEPTION, a $800 million-grossing summer blockbuster with no pre-established IP, unless being the next film by the guy who made The Dark Knight somehow counts. In this episode, Renan and Bill discuss: whether this and other Nolan features are truly mindfucks or mere puzzle films; whether they work on a second time viewing; how Nolan uses time, editing, and music to achieve his ends; defending Nolan from the haters on film Twitter; whether it's OK for the dialogue to be pretty much all exposition; whether Mal is actually a villain and if Dom should be considered one—in fact, isn't Dom a little bit like Red Dead's Dutch van der Linde?

Episode links:

Inception on IMDb
Inception on Wikipedia
Roger Ebert review of Inception
AO Scott review of Inception
Vulture interview with Dileep Rao
Christopher Nolan's hand-drawn dream map
Itzkoff interview with Christopher Nolan
Deadline interview with Nolan
Bilge Ebiri on the end of Inception
Christopher Nolan on the film's ending
More Nolan explaining the films ending
ScreenRant video on the ending
Big Other critical evaluation of Inception
The Ringer on Inception's legacy
The Ringer Rewatchables episode on Inception
Alissa Wilkinson on Nolan's career overall

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