50 years. Limbo, the purgatory of dreamspace, is the rarely seen fourth level, a place where time stretches out for eternity. It’s on this level that Cobb and Mal were trapped in for 50 years, eventually reawakening to find themselves Read more…
If dreams are the machinations of the subconscious, and limbo is the subconscious that Cobb has built, the locations are one in the same. It’s the same reason why Cobb can no longer work as an architect. Was Cobb an Read more…
A major conflict is the battle between Cobb and society. In Inception, faceless corporations are trying to kill Cobb, while the U.S. government is trying to imprison him because of a crime that he didn’t commit. Is Inception all Cobb’s Read more…
Cobb explains to Ariadne that he and Mal, his wife, ended up in their world-building limbo because they were experimenting with multi-dreams and Cobb pushed them too deep. He says they grew “old” together and eventually committed suicide on the Read more…
spinning top. Cobb’s totem was a spinning top which, when spun, would eventually come to rest in the real world but keep spinning endlessly in the dream world. At the end of the film, when the heist proved to be Read more…
Inception Theory: Cobb’s Real Totem Was His Wedding Ring However, many viewers have pointed out another detail that might suggest Cobb still had his original totem, but he didn’t use it anymore: his wedding ring. What was Cobb’s original totem? Read more…
Saito hired Cobol, and when he made the call to eliminate the charges, he also called off Cobol. Who owns Cobol Engineering? Cobol Engineering is the company that hired Dom, Arthur, and Nash to extract Proclus Global’s expansion plan from Read more…
Wanted as a fugitive for being falsely implicated for the death of his wife, Mal, Cobb is unable to return to his home. As a totem, he uses a spinning top that was once owned by Mal. Why is Cobb Read more…
Saito is an immensely powerful and wealthy business magnate, and is the head of Proclus Global. He offers Cobb a job for a valuable reward; to clear Cobb of his charges and to allow him to return home to America Read more…
Cobb’s sense of guilt over his wife’s death and his children’s abandonment leaves his subconscious in shambles. Cobb’s perceived guilt causes him to subconsciously project violent and vengeful apparitions of his wife which constantly hinder his ability to properly complete Read more…