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IN THIS VIDEO I describe the key events in Memento and Inception and the key themes I will explore in the subsequent videos

Memento & Inception Part 1 - Story Structure

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IN THIS VIDEO I explore the question of whether Leonard is faking his memory loss in Memento and whether Dom’s world is real or imagined in Inception.  The inability of the protagonists to reliably account for their world is the key to their mutual inability to heal from the psychological wounds.

Memento & Inception Part 2 - The Unreliable Protagonists

IN THIS VIDEO I examine the events in the climactic sequences in Inception and explore the possibility that Dom is being incepted right along with Robert Fischer.

Memento & Inception Part 3 - The Inception of Dom Cobb

IN THIS VIDEO I examine the use of mirrors as visual symbols for character duality in Memento and Inception.

Memento & Inception Part 4 - Mirrors