About this episode

The episode discusses the film Inception, its impact on cinema, and critiques a fundamental flaw in Christopher Nolan's work.

Inception is a nearly perfect film. It reinvented the summer blockbuster, proved a two-and-a-half-hour original movie about dream architecture could nearly make a billion dollars, and it's the reason Christopher Nolan gets to do whatever he wants in Hollywood. Richard Lewis, Thorin, and MonteCristo kick off the Christopher Nolan arc with his best original film, the Hans Zimmer score that might be the best since Gladiator, and the one flaw that reveals a fundamental limitation in everything Nolan makes.

People in this episode

Hosts: Richard Lewis, Thorin, MonteCristo

Topics covered

• film analysis
• Christopher Nolan
• Inception
• movie reviews
• soundtrack
• blockbuster films

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Inception, Gladiator, Hans Zimmer

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