Inception is just one of those movies that is fun to pick apart and analyze because it is so layered. We've even covered a separate analysis of the film by one of our favorite video essayists Darren Foley, so clearly this is one of those films that many have tried to decode, decipher, and deconstruct.
But this analysis by Kyle Kallgren of Brows Held High takes a look into Inception's many hat tips to surrealist cinema -- even cinema as a whole -- even filmmaking itself. Check out the video essay below to find out more.
Inception isn't really a surrealist film, as the essay clearly points out, but its many references to the style and movement really gets one thinking -- what was Christopher Nolan trying to say about it? Well, what is surrealism? It's irrational. It's dreamlike. It's an artistic venture into the subconscious. Sounds a lot like cinema, yeah?