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Spectatorship in Inception - the opening (The watch getting faster and…
Spectatorship in Inception - the opening
The watch getting faster and slower
The oppositional reading
Nolan is only doing this to make it look cool.
The negotiated reading
None
The preferred reading (second viewing)
Time is going slower because it's in a dream
The preferred reading (first viewing)
Something is not right
Why is the time going at different speeds
The lack of establishing shots, foreign language, canted angles etc
The preferred reading (second viewing)
He's gone to bring back Saito from limbo
The negotiated reading
He's on the border of the subconcious
The preferred reading (first viewing)
He is confused
The oppositional reading
There are plot holes here
This doesn't make sense
The spinner - shallow focus and close up
The preferred reading (second viewing)
It's Mal's spinner
It tell you if your in a dream
The negotiated reading
Because it is Mal's spinner, does it work for Dom
The preferred reading (first viewing)
Why is the spinner significant
The oppositional reading
It's a distraction
It's a stupid idea
The music at the beginning
The preferred reading (second viewing)
It's a sound motif
The negotiated reading
The whole thing was a dream
The preferred reading (first viewing)
There's going to be an action sequence
Something big is going to happen
The oppositional reading
It has no relevance
It's overdramatic
Introduction of Mal
The oppositional reading
This is a sexist representation
The negotiated reading
None
The preferred reading (second viewing)
Mal's dead
The preferred reading (first viewing)
Is Mal Dom's wife
Mal left Dom with the kids
In the opening we are aligned with Dom because:
Dom kills Arthur to stop the pain from the gunshot from Mal
We are confused in the opening like him
We go where he goes