Filmspotting #308: Inception / The Apartment / Top 5 Dream Sequences

After a slightly laborious lead-in from Matty, Adam starts off this week’s review of Inception with a couple of simple thoughts, namely that this film succeeded on many levels and definitely ranks among his best movies of the year so far.  He goes on to say that the movies was so immersive and the mechanics were so well established that he found himself plunged into the film as though it was his own dream, ironically enough.  Matty steers the conversation from there, praising the visuals as the most stylistically complete that Nolan has ever executed.  He wasn’t nearly as submerged into the film, though, pointing to the continual explanation of the ever-changing rules as bogging down the pacing in the third act.  Wrapping up the review, Adam notes that Kubrick and Lynch might make a film like this, which is high praise indeed.

The show continues with Massacre Theater and the Poll Question, as usual, before the continuation of the Billy Wilder marathon with “The Apartment”.  With Jack Lemmon’s best performance yet, this is clearly a Wilder favorite.  The show closes out with a top five as always, this week riding the Inception-train with best dream sequences.  With the ranks of Wizard of Oz, Brazil, and Rosemary’s Baby populating the list, there’s definitely some great stuff to check out if you’re craving more after catching the midnight screening of Nolan’s latest.

:13-21:00 – Review: “Inception”
Music: Matthew Santos, “The Good Life”
21:55-27:41 – New DVDs / Notes
27:42-32:54 – Massacre Theatre (Winner: Mike Davidson)
32:55-36:47 – Poll Questions
36:48-55:57 – Wilder Marathon #4: “The Apartment”
Music: Matthew Santos, “Break Free”
56:57-1:11:10 – Thank You / Donations
1:11:11-1:26:47 – Top 5: Dream Sequences
1:26:48-1:29:57 – Close / Outtakes

Runtime – 1:29:57

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