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Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
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Locations
Alberta · Canada · 50.817, -115.217
Fortress Mountain Resort — the snow-fortress climax sequence. The closed ski resort was rebuilt as the Eames-architected mountain stronghold.
Île-de-France · France · 48.854, 2.290
The folding-Paris dream-architecture sequence with Cobb and Ariadne; the bridge's ornate two-tier iron geometry framed the city-fold matte work.
Bedfordshire · United Kingdom · 52.117, -0.417
The 100-foot rotating-corridor practical set was built and operated here. The hangar's scale was a working-set requirement.
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Lighting
Per-scene lighting plots: fixture role (key / fill / back / practical), color temperature, diffusion stack, and motivation notes from cited supervisor interviews.
The 100-foot rotating-corridor practical set was built with its own integrated wall-mounted fixtures that rotated with it. Wally Pfister specified that no movie-lighting could be added externally — the corridor had to be self-illuminating throughout the rotation.
Practical sconces and ceiling fluorescents pre-baked into the set wiring; their rotation meant the apparent key direction shifted continuously as the camera held the standing performer in frame.
Color
Camera color science → IDT → working space → ODT → deliverable. Production-wide default first; scenes that diverge below.
Pfister + Pfister-era Nolan was committed to photochemical finishing; the DI was used primarily for VFX integration and the dream-architecture shots. The corridor-rotation hotel sequence was finished photochemically.
Stunts
Sequence-level rigging detail — pole-cats, decelerators, picture-car modifications, named coordinators, and the SAG-AFTRA / BSR safety bulletins observed on set. Click through for the full breakdown.
Stunts
The stunt department on this production: credited crew, actor-double pairings, and the companies whose members brought them onto the show. Click any name to jump to their full filmography + doubling history.
Post-production
Score
Brass blat — the BRAAAM became one of the most-imitated cues of the 2010s. 'Time' (end credits) is the most-streamed score cue of the decade.
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Production
Inception Behind the Scenes - Escher Staircase (2010) Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy Movie HD.mp4
Behind the ScenesErwin Gepting / 2:18
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Director InterviewHype Communications / 2:09
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London (set)
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