Christopher Nolan (“The Dark Knight”) is notorious for keeping secrets, his new film, “Inception”, is no different. Plot descriptions have been sketchy, and the teaser doesn’t really tell us anything. However the teaser has me intrigued. My first thoughts turned to “The Matrix” but an interesting article over at InContention.com (click the link to read the whole article) seems to have an inside source that let the plot out of the bag.
To quote from the article, “In a nutshell, the source says “Inception” takes place in a world where we have developed a means by which we can enter people’s dreams. Leonardo DiCaprio’s character Cobb has been described as a “CEO type,” but he is also something of a criminal. He dives into people’s dreams to extract information.”
My mind immediately jumped from “The Matrix” to “Dreamscape”. If you haven’t seen the 1984 Joseph Ruben (director of the original, “The Stepfather”) directed sci-fi film “Dreamscape” the plot is about a research group that has discovered how to use psychics to enter peoples dreams. Originally intended to help people, the bad guys start to use the process to kill people in their sleep. The basic premise, if you die in your dream, you die in real life.
I’m not saying that Christopher Nolan is remaking “Dreamscape”, but it is a very similar idea and I am down with that, I enjoyed “Dreamscape” a lot in the 1980s, it has dated a bit now and Christopher Nolan is a director with a lot of visual flair and a knack for dealing with the psychological aspects of a story.
It would seem that I am not the only one with this interpretation, as CHUD has also written a story that examines the similarities between the two films. Anyway, watch the teaser, it won’t tell you anything, but it looks good visually.
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