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Inception (Constellations) - Softcover

Book 6 of 14: Constellations

David Carter

 
9781911325055: Inception (Constellations)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1911325051 ISBN 13: 9781911325055
Publisher: Liverpool University Press, 2018

Synopsis

Christopher Nolan's Inception (2010) is a difficult film to categorize. It partakes of various genres, blurring the distinctions between them. It is science fiction, but it does not contain many of the ingredients associated with that genre. It can also be identified as a kind of heist film, and there are shades of film noir as well, not only because of the heist motifs but also due to its character types. It can also be described as psychological thriller, telling the story of one man's attempt to flee his past and regain access to his family, of his coming to terms with the death of his wife. In addition, it plays with time, questioning the certainty of consciously experienced real time, and revealing that the personal experience of the passing of time is variable. The film also explores the nature of the mind and how dreams are related to the conscious and unconscious mind. David Carter's contribution to the Constellation series covers all of these facets of a complex yet highly successful film, as well as considering it in the context of the director's other work.

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About the Author

David Carter is is retired Professor of Communicative English at Yonsei University, Seoul, and the author of, amongst others, East Asian Cinema (2007) and The Western (2007), both by Kamera Books, Sigmund Freud (in the series Brief Lives ) and On Cocaine (translations of essays by Sigmund Freud), both by Hesperus Press.

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Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1911325051
ISBN 13 
9781911325055
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
120