i think you might be reading into it a little too much. sure the analogy that this is a movie about making movies could be made, but i don't think that is what nolan intended. clearly that is the point of 8 1/2, but i don't think it's a deeper meaning in inception. plus you say what is real has stopped mattering to cobb, which i'd have to disagree. if it didn't matter he would've just stayed in limbo with his projections of mal and his kids and have the best of both worlds, but he makes a deliberate decision to go back to his real kids, because they are still in reality. i think the point of the movie is more about losing the grip on what is real and what isn't, rather than creating a movie.
but one movie about movies that needs to be mentioned is 2001 a space odyssey. it's not widely known but there's a deeper meaning of the connection with the audience and the fact that it is a movie. the sole reason the monolith was changed from a pyramid in the book, to a rectangle in the movie (the shape of a movie screen), hugely important.
On The Key to 'Inception': It's a Movie About Making Movies
i think you might be reading into it a little too much. sure the analogy that this is a movie about making movies could be made, but i don't think that is what nolan intended. clearly that is the point of 8 1/2, but i don't think it's a deeper meaning in inception. plus you say what is real has stopped mattering to cobb, which i'd have to disagree. if it didn't matter he would've just stayed in limbo with his projections of mal and his kids and have the best of both worlds, but he makes a deliberate decision to go back to his real kids, because they are still in reality. i think the point of the movie is more about losing the grip on what is real and what isn't, rather than creating a movie.
but one movie about movies that needs to be mentioned is 2001 a space odyssey. it's not widely known but there's a deeper meaning of the connection with the audience and the fact that it is a movie. the sole reason the monolith was changed from a pyramid in the book, to a rectangle in the movie (the shape of a movie screen), hugely important.