I do not like reviewing movies. This article, though embodies a movie in it's context, is not a review but, more of an after thought. I might seem to be treading on the borders of both, nevertheless.
I saw Christopher Nolan's Inception yesterday and am scrambling to write this when musings are fairly fresh in the mind. This movie, in its simplest explanation, is a journey of an estranged man trying to re-join his little daughter and son. While most artists would choose physical modes of transport to complete the journey, Nolan chooses ideas and dreams, and indulges the viewer at the speed of thought. The Master has truly become the Maestro!
I walked out of the dark confines of the hall into the light not knowing what had just hit me. I remember my lips bore the distinct shape of a smile. An idea was revealed, a concept materialized and the mind tried to decipher. Nolan chose a point on the circumference of a circle to start his story, comes back to the same spot and then takes off tangentially to complete his narration! I am still trying to answer most of the questions but am eager to get this post away, purely because of the raw joy I am experiencing. A drunken revelry, if you must.
I have oftentimes wondered about some of the questions Nolan asks but, have only managed to grope in the dark. Of-late, my belief in humanity and it's materialistic goals have only gone into a sour state. Plants and beasts would pull off living in harmony with Nature better than humans can or will do. Growth, efficiency and prosperity will not be at the cost of destruction. The so-called extra sense that apparently separates us from them is merely a farce. If spiritual sense were to be compared among the same sample set, observations and inferences will be different.
Then this movie comes along...A two something hour epic that engages every grey cell. It felt wonderful to be part of an intellectually challenging task to which, there were no absolute outcomes. Forget about strife, oil-spills, global warming, pollution, depletion of natural resources. Go-ahead, and indulge in this masterpiece, in this idea, in this dream -and it's Inception!
I saw Christopher Nolan's Inception yesterday and am scrambling to write this when musings are fairly fresh in the mind. This movie, in its simplest explanation, is a journey of an estranged man trying to re-join his little daughter and son. While most artists would choose physical modes of transport to complete the journey, Nolan chooses ideas and dreams, and indulges the viewer at the speed of thought. The Master has truly become the Maestro!
I walked out of the dark confines of the hall into the light not knowing what had just hit me. I remember my lips bore the distinct shape of a smile. An idea was revealed, a concept materialized and the mind tried to decipher. Nolan chose a point on the circumference of a circle to start his story, comes back to the same spot and then takes off tangentially to complete his narration! I am still trying to answer most of the questions but am eager to get this post away, purely because of the raw joy I am experiencing. A drunken revelry, if you must.
I have oftentimes wondered about some of the questions Nolan asks but, have only managed to grope in the dark. Of-late, my belief in humanity and it's materialistic goals have only gone into a sour state. Plants and beasts would pull off living in harmony with Nature better than humans can or will do. Growth, efficiency and prosperity will not be at the cost of destruction. The so-called extra sense that apparently separates us from them is merely a farce. If spiritual sense were to be compared among the same sample set, observations and inferences will be different.
Then this movie comes along...A two something hour epic that engages every grey cell. It felt wonderful to be part of an intellectually challenging task to which, there were no absolute outcomes. Forget about strife, oil-spills, global warming, pollution, depletion of natural resources. Go-ahead, and indulge in this masterpiece, in this idea, in this dream -and it's Inception!
