The Correct Answer to 'Inception's Ending, According to Christopher Nolan
Christopher Nolan's latest film, Oppenheimer, has now opened in theaters and the legendary director has been on the press tour to promote his magnum opus, which stars Cillian Murphy as the scientist behind the atomic bomb. Nolan has done a lot of reflection on his work as part of the tour, and one film that has come up a lot has been 2010's Inception, and its unfathomably cruel ending — which was a masterpiece.
“I went through a phase where I was asked that a lot,” Nolan said to the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast, when he was asked once more about the final shot of the film. “I think it was [producer] Emma Thomas who pointed out the correct answer, which is Leo’s character…the point of the shot is the character doesn’t care at that point. It’s not a question I comfortably answer.”
Earlier in the month, Nolan had spoken to Wired and, again, Inception came up. The director admitted there was a darker intepretation of the ending but that, again, it was irrelevant because of Dom's contentment: “There is a nihilistic view of that ending, right? But also, he’s moved on and is with his kids. The ambiguity is not an emotional ambiguity. It’s an intellectual one for the audience.
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