As Sunday approaches and we all pretend to actually care about the Academy Awards, we at Rainestorm decided to highlight the film we feel most deserves to win Best Picture. No, not that Facebook movie. The one movie that managed…
Time and Time Again
One of the more interesting aspects of the way Christopher Nolan structures Inception is how he plays with the concept of time. Nowhere is this more telling than in that final act of four-deep nested dreams. With a combination of…
Windows to the Dream World
Critics and bloggers have looked at Inception in many different ways. Comparisons are made to the moviemaking process, video games, psychology and the nature of consciousness. We’ll survey a few highlights and offer our take on it as well. Moviemaking…
An Open Safe: Inception’s Visual Iconography
“…a visual icon is probably the most resonant example of how you imbue experience, memory and emotion into an object” —Christopher Nolan Nolan makes some very interesting iconic choices in Inception. Let’s explore a few: Elevators Who knew an elevator…
Genre Bending
Look hard enough and you can find any number of differing opinions as to how many plots, themes, genres, etc. there actually are in cinematic fiction. Most films tend to belong to one genre, though
Architects for Soldiers
“The only job that was ever of interest to me other than filmmaking is architecture.” —Christopher Nolan