Inception is an Academy Award nominated film directed by Christopher Nolan that uses a complex narrative structure to explore dreams and reality. It took Nolan six months to complete the intricate script and he spent over $100 million to fully realize his vision, using practical effects over CGI whenever possible. Though the film's complex plot and ambiguous ending generated controversy, it was both a critical and financial success that demonstrated Nolan's skills at crafting an original, intellectually stimulating blockbuster.

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9. Nolan first pitched the film to warner bros. In 2001, but then
felt that he needed more experience making large-scale
films, and embarked on batman begins and the dark
knight. He soon realized that a film like inception needed
a large budget because
After making the dark
knight, nolan decided to make inception and spent six
months completing the script.

10. The score for Inception was written by
who described his work as "a very
electronic, dense score", filled with
to match
Cobb's feelings throughout the film. The music
was written simultaneously to filming, and
features a guitar played by Johnny Marr,
former guitarist of The Smiths. Édith Piaf's
appears
recurringly throughout the film, and Zimmer
reworked pieces of the song into cues of the
score. A soundtrack album was released on
July 11, 2010 by Reprise Records. Hans Zimmer's
music was nominated for an Academy Award in
the category in 2011,
losing to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross of The
Social Network.

11.  Warner Bros. spent $100 million marketing
the film
 A viral marketing campaign was employed
for the film. After the revelation of the first
teaser trailer, in August 2009, the film's
official website featured only an animation
of Cobb's spinning top.
 Mind Crime (A game on the Inception website)
provided viewers with secret snippets about
the film on completion of the game, including
a hidden trailer for the movie.
 Warner also released an online prequel
comic, Inception: The Cobol Job.
 The official trailer released on May 10, 2010
through Mind Game was extremely well
received.

12. Nolan used little computer-generated imagery,
preferring practical effects whenever possible.
Nolan said,
Visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin built
a miniature of the mountain fortress set and then
blew it up for the film. For the fight scene that
takes place in zero gravity, he used CG-based
effects to "subtly bend elements like physics,
space and time."

13. For the Paris-folding sequence, Franklin had artists
producing concept sketches and then they created rough
computer animations to give them an idea of what the
sequence looked like while in motion.
Later during principal photography, Nolan was able
to direct Leonardo DiCaprio and Ellen Page based on
this rough computer animation Franklin had created.

14. The controversy surrounding the
film is of it’s complex plot and
somewhat confusing trailer. But
also the controversial ending which
leaves the audience rather unsure as
to what has actually happened. A
rare feature of the film is also that
it isn’t based on a series comic or
book and is a completely unique idea
thought up but The Director himself.
Controversial Ending

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