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Inception (2010): Christopher Nolan, Deception, Dilemmas and Dangerous Dreams.

The Every Movie Ever! Podcast

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The Totem in Dreams

Cobb reunites with his kids and he's no longer relying on the totem on his totem to determine his reality because it no longer matters to him. The totem is how do you know if you're dreaming or if what you're doing is real? So you have an object. You know the weight and the sensation of and all this sort of stuff. No one else knows anything about it Exactly. It's a secret password. Cobb's his little spinning top and when he spins it in the dream, it never stops spinning. And in reality, it will fall over. Everything's turned out perfect. At the end of the film, he's with his kids but then we catch the

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