Inception: The Shooting Script

Inception: The Shooting Script

<div><I>Inception</I>, writer-director Christopher Nolan’s seventh feature film, joins the epic scope of <I>The Dark Knight</I> with the narrative sophistication of <I>Memento</I>. The story of a group of thieves who specialize in invading the mind through one’s dreams, <I>Inception</I> explores the writer-director’s signature psychological themes of memory, paranoia, and self-doubt as his protagonist, Dom Cobb, is pitted against a hostile subconscious spurred on by personal demons and regrets from the past.<BR><BR>In a conversational preface, Nolan discusses with brother and frequent collaborator, Jonathan, the genesis of the idea for the film and the decade-long process it took to write it. Detailing the results of Nolan’s efforts, <I>Inception: The Shooting Script</I> includes key storyboard sequences, full-color concept art, and an appendix on the workings of the mysterious Pasiv Device that Cobb and his fellow extractors use to initiate the dream-share. An exclusive exploration of a highly original concept, <I>Inception: The Shooting Script</I> is the record of a writer-director at the height of his craft.<BR><BR><B>Includes:</B><BR> <br /> Writer-director Christopher Nolan’s initial handwritten outline of the Inception plot<BR> A preface by brothers and collaborators Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan, in which they delve into the 10-year development process behind <I>Inception</I><BR> An 8-page color insert featuring <I>Inception</I> concept art<BR>An in-world appendix with instructions for operating the mysterious Pasiv Device mechanism<BR></div>