Inception

This article mentions suicide.

However, certain factors can alter this ratio.

Experienced Extractors are aware they’ve transitioned into a shared dream.

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Just one level down, time stretches roughly to somewhere near Arthur’s initial explanation.

How a Totem feels, weighs, and balances should only be known to the owner.

Arthur’s Totem is a loaded die, and Ariadne’s is an altered chess piece.

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In addition, the top spinning endlessly would provide a blanket explanation that he was dreaming at all.

Interestingly, there is more than one way to get to the enigmatic setting.

There are also only certain ways a dreamer can be woken up - even in Limbo.

Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb looking surprised in Inception

Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan, features a skilled thief who uses dream-sharing technology to steal corporate secrets. He is tasked with planting an idea into a CEO’s mind, while confronting his troubled past, which threatens the mission and his team.

The sensation of falling - known as a Kick - will also do the trick.

This is how Mal and Cobb got there.

The other way isn’t really by choice - at least, it isn’t always.

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Instead, they would end up in Limbo.

If a dreamer takes their own life in Limbo, then they wake up.

The entire concept ofInceptioncan be pretty difficult to comprehend without solid and familiar imageryto rely on.

Fischer standing outside his vault in Inception

It’s not just external environments that can be brought into the dream.

Similarly, the hotel corridor rotates when the bus spins out of control.

However, it’s not just external environments that can be brought into the dream.

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A dreamer’s mental state can also influence what a dream looks and feels like.

He’s teased about it, but it’s actually a big piece of worldbuilding for the movie.

Extraction Teams inInceptioncan be hired, usually underhandedly, by employers like Saito.

Cobb holding a gun in Inception

The process doesn’t seem to be part of mainstream culture but is rather something approaching criminal activity.

DiCaprio’s character is the Extractor.

Yusuf, the Chemist, formulates bespoke compounds for the operation to be possible.

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Here’s why Inception 2 hasn’t happened.

After Cobb’s Mr. Charles gambit, the team enters their mark’s dream.

Again, they leave Arthur behind.

Cillian Murphy as Robert with a gun to his head in Inception

Instead, beings other than real people are unconsciously generated by the dreamers.

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