Inception

Christopher Nolan came to my attention a few years ago when he made Memento, a film about a man who lost his short term memory and therefore couldn’t make new memories. What was curious about this film was that the scenes were shown in reverse order and that there were flashbacks filling in some of the gaps. He then went on to reinvent Batman for a new generation. His latest film Inception is a story is about dreams and using them to manipulate thoughts and feelings. I was reminded of the Matrix a few times while watching this, but there wasn’t the mistake made of being mired in lots of silly explanations. Often you may find that there are more questions posed than answered throughout the film. September 2010