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That lets you create closed loops, like the Penrose Steps
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Inception

That lets you create closed loops,like the Penrose Steps

That lets you create closed loops,like the Penrose Steps

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In a dream you can cheat architecture into impossible shapes
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That lets you create closed loops like the Penrose Steps
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The infinite staircase
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Available in 16 languages
Duration
6 seconds
Views
495
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:04
Uploaded
Jan 17, 2026
Genres
action, adventure, sci-fi
Production
Legendary Pictures,Syncopy,Warner Bros. Pictures

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Movie Summary

A thief who steals corporate secrets through the use of dream-sharing technology is given the inverse task of planting an idea into the mind of a C.E.O., but his tragic past may doom the project and his team to disaster.
Paradox. - Inception 00:58
Paradox.
Paradox - Inception 00:03
Paradox
...will help you disguise the boundaries of the dream you create. - Inception 00:05
...will help you disguise the boundaries of the dream you...
It could be anything from the floor of a building to an entire city. - Inception 00:05
It could be anything from the floor of a building to an...
They have to be complicated enough that we can hide from the projections. - Inception 00:05
They have to be complicated enough that we can hide from the...
- My subconscious seems polite enough. - Inception 00:05
- My subconscious seems polite enough.
My subconscious seems polite enough Ha ha You wait they'll turn uglyNo one likes to feel someone else messing around in their mind - Inception 00:09
My subconscious seems polite enough Ha ha You wait...
Cobb can't build anymore can heI don't know if he can't but he won'tHe thinks it's safer if he doesn't know the layoutsWhyHe won't tell me But I think it's MalHis ex wife No not his exThey're still together NoNo she's deadWhat you see in there is just his - Inception 00:35
Cobb can't build anymore can heI don't know if he...
Cobb can't build anymore can heI don't know if he can't but he won'tHe thinks it's safer if he doesn't know the layoutsWhyHe won't tell me But I think it's MalHis ex wife No not his exThey're still together NoNo she's deadWhat you see in there is just his - Inception 00:35
Cobb can't build anymore can heI don't know if he...
- They're still together? - Inception 00:05
- They're still together?
What was she like in real life? - Inception 00:06
What was she like in real life?
YUSUF: You are seeking a chemist? COBB: Yes. To formulate compounds for a job? - Inception 00:07
YUSUF: You are seeking a chemist? COBB: Yes. To formulate...
You are seeking a chemist? - Inception 01:00
You are seeking a chemist?
Well, we'd need you there to tailor compounds specific to our needs. - Inception 00:06
Well, we'd need you there to tailor compounds specific...
A dream within a dream? - Inception 00:05
A dream within a dream?
Not possible. - Inception 00:06
Not possible.
Not possible That many dreams within dreams is too unstable - Inception 00:06
Not possible That many dreams within dreams is too unstable
It is possible. - Inception 00:06
It is possible.
The only way to know you've done the job is if I go in with you. - Inception 00:06
The only way to know you've done the job is if I go in...
There's no room for tourists on a job like this, Mr. - Inception 00:05
There's no room for tourists on a job like this, Mr.