The Marxist Matrix – How to make sense of all those dreams-within-dreams in Inception.

The Marxist Matrix
How to make sense of all those dreams-within-dreams in Inception.
By Jonah Weiner for Slate

About halfway through Inception, Joseph Gordon-Levitt’s Arthur lifts an assault rifle and tries, unsuccessfully, to take out a group of attackers firing on him from a nearby rooftop. Arthur’s teammate Eames nudges him to one side and tells him, with an audible smirk, “You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger, darling.” He produces an enormous grenade launcher, takes aim, and gets the job done. As with many moments in Christopher Nolan’s new blockbuster, this one requires some parsing. It seems that Eames conjures up his gargantuan gun on the spot, at his whim.

Editor’s note: As I’m off to see Inception this w/knd I steeled myself from reading more…

Source: Slate