In today’s day and age, big budget action films dominate the box office. Wowing the audience with violence, CGI, and outlandish heroic feats, they seem to always bring in raving reviews and satiate the viewers need for a just resolution. But in Plane, one doesn’t need to be an expert to see that in writing this film doesn’t satisfy.
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Autumn Quarter 2019 is less than a week away, and to ease our listeners into this next phase, we’ve chosen to cover the awesome action drama Inception, directed by legendary director Christopher Nolan. Just as groundbreaking today as it was in 2010, Inception manages to feature a daringly original and cerebral script with mind-bending set pieces, all while maintaining mainstream sensibilities to make it accessible for general audiences. In this episode, we discuss the film’s popularity (amongst a lengthy IMDb vs. Letterboxd tangent), the high concept, detached nature of Nolan’s films, as well as what it all means thematically. Was it all a dream? Find out now by listening to the 50th episode of the UW Film Club Podcast!
On this episode: Jim Saunders and Cynthia Li.
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