Definitely a metafiction. The inception is into the mind of the audience. Maria, I think you are correct on all counts. This is a film about screenwriting, film making, and, most of all, the art of story.
Incidentally, I felt quite peculiar after the first viewing of this film, as did some of my friends. I think perhaps there was some fleeting confusion in my subconscious - an overlap between the world of dream catharsis/resolution and of that induced by the artifice of film. I don't know to what extent Nolan intended this as an effect, but, in any case, I consider this film a work of some genius.
On The Key to 'Inception': It's a Movie About Making Movies
Definitely a metafiction. The inception is into the mind of the audience. Maria, I think you are correct on all counts. This is a film about screenwriting, film making, and, most of all, the art of story.
Incidentally, I felt quite peculiar after the first viewing of this film, as did some of my friends. I think perhaps there was some fleeting confusion in my subconscious - an overlap between the world of dream catharsis/resolution and of that induced by the artifice of film. I don't know to what extent Nolan intended this as an effect, but, in any case, I consider this film a work of some genius.