And at a critical juncture of the snowy fortress hospital scene, Dom prioritizes Mal's projection's life over completing the mission. In Paris, the projections of his own subconscious seize him and prevent him from retaliating against Mal. Dom finds it even harder to let go of Mal herself.

Dom desires to reunite with his children - to return to a time before Mal's suicide - so deeply that he endangers those closest to him. Unable to change, Dom drowns in his guilt of the past. The concept of time is essential to understanding “Inception.” Throughout the film, Dom and his wife, Mal (Marion Cotillard) symbolically serve as figures of the past and future. With each level in this intricately designed heist, though, Nolan peels back a new layer of Dom’s character, slowly revealing his deeply repressed guilt. Dom’s crew designs and populates an incredible three-layered dreamscape into Fischer's subconscious. Dom’s team stars a talented ensemble of Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt), Ariadne (Ellen Page), Eames (Tom Hardy), Yusuf (Dileep Rao), and Mr. Extractor Dominic “Dom” Cobb (Leonardo DiCaprio) assembles an elite team of six to infiltrate Robert Fischer’s (Cillian Murphy) mind out of a promise from a wealthy client to clear Dom’s criminal record and reunite him with his children. “Inception”’s premise is that dreams can be constructed, manipulated, and shared, a concept which attracts professional “extractors” who work to exploit these dreams to steal ideas from, or plant them into, a subject’s head. “Inception” explores the malleability of time, the untethering of reality, and the depravity of humanity - all while bridging the gap between mainstream blockbusters and art-house culture.

In 10 years, Christopher Nolan's “Inception” has established itself as the beginning of an era of film, from bombastic horn-filled scores to fantastical practical effects.

Time To Let Go by Christoph Fischer