I won't say much about what everyone said, just talk about what I think of.
The first point:
After the film ends, the subtitles and soundtrack begin, and the soundtrack fades out towards the end, playing the awakening song "Non, je ne regret rien" of Edith Piaf. At the end of the song, a variable-speed sound effect is also made. After the song is finished, the subtitles are finished, and the theater lights are on. This is to wake up and remind the audience: your dream of paying is over! (Friends who know a little bit about film theory know that the symbolic relationship between film and dreams) The content of this film and the people watching it actually build a layer of nesting.
Second point:
1. In the film, Leo and the heroine have a plot where the heroine jumps off a building. It will be easily reminiscent of "you jump I jump" in "Titanic", right? (Interestingly, the answer of Cobb played by Leo in the film is "If you jump I will not jump with you!".) This is something that entry-level fans should be able to notice.
2. The song used to awaken in the film is Edith Piaf's "Non, je ne regrette rien", and Marion, who plays Mal, is well-known after he played Edith Piaf in "Life of Roses" and won the Oscar. This connection is something that fans of a certain rank should be able to notice.
And Nolan is using these two highly recognizable "tribute" places (the two actors have their most classic and brilliant roles since filming) to remind the audience: this story is illusory, it is dreaming, what you see It's just that Leo is playing Cobb and Marion is playing Mal! (Basically, fans who love Nolan are also a bit senior movie fans. For them, these two places are almost likely to associate, they will "play" to a certain extent, and they will understand better that they are just watching the theater and are the "tourist" in their dreams. "That's it).
It stands to reason that a director shouldn’t and be willing to take the initiative to let the audience play. Nolan’s doing so may actually just use a tactic similar to the "Mr. Charles" tactic used by Cobb in the second layer of action in the movie. , Used to remind the tactics of the dreamer. Perhaps in Nolan’s eyes, the movie fan audience is very much like Pirates who have been trained in anti-pirates. They are self-righteous and well-informed, then play with them to the next level. It is not only the fun of fantasies, but also the separation. It reminds the audience that they are also in the nesting of this construction.
The third point:
Is there any basis for the introduction of the concept of totem and "the spinning top won't stop in a dream"? No, Nolan told us so!
Layered dreams, totems, lost domain limbo, and kicks are all derived from the setting of this movie, which is why this movie is such an inception. The enthusiastic discussion after we first came into contact with the movie is precisely because of these settings from the creators-the basis for the establishment of this movie. So why is it that Nolan is successfully implanting his settings of "dream" and "inception" into our thoughts?
The top continuously distinguishing reality and dreams separately is the consensus of those who believe in this "inception of dream space". But this is a setting, not a physically objective one, so subjective transformation can also be carried out. For example, the "dream builder" should be able to make a top that can stop or not stop. So as long as you are still in a dream, this judgment is actually inaccurate. What you are willing to believe depends more on the subjective judgment of the human heart, which is related to each individual.
Therefore, the stop or stop ending of the movie is just a test of Nolan's "gyro judgment" implanted by the audience. And stopping or not stopping depends on the degree of implantation of this setting in each individual audience, which is related to his/her own worldview, outlook on life, and movie-viewing experience. Some believe that Cobb is back to reality, and some believe that it is still a dream, no problem.
And while we were arguing about it according to the settings and rules in the film, Nolan didn't know where he was laughing! What a successful thought he has implanted in us, an inception, in the dream of the movie!
So, just treat it as a dream, don't be too real, and don't ask if the top has stopped in the end. What we should pay more attention to is what this movie and this dream left us in our hearts, and what new fun, shock, or philosophical thinking it brings to our movie-watching experience.
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