Extracting all the secrets from the dream that is Christopher Nolan’s Inception

[Editor's Note: Check out the CL review of Christopher Nolan's Inception here.]

An exceptional film viewing experience should be like a splinter in the mind. It should stick with you past the cinema doors, and follow you up the street as you return to the reality TV show that is your life. You should ponder it like a scientist, play with it like a curious child, and it should make you question the entire essence of why you are actually a film goer.

The buzz has now reached RABID proportions, with Christopher Nolan's Inception being heralded as the first “smart” Summer blockbuster. The masses are clamoring, they are digging through the confines of the webbed playground of the Internet. “What was the ending all about?” “What do you think happened?”

Everyone has an opinion, and due to the fever that Nolan has unleashed, secrets are being sought out, collected and shared. Here's what we've uncovered so far….

This article appears in Jul 22-28, 2010.