Ever since he
>was a youngster, he says, he was intrigued by the way he would
>wake up and then, while he fell back into a lighter sleep,
>hold on to the awareness that he was in fact dreaming. Then
>there was the even more fascinating feeling that he could
>study the place and tilt the events of the dream.


>"You can look around and examine the details and pick up a
>handful of sand on the beach," Nolan said. "I never
>particularly found a limit to that; that is to say, that while
>in that state your brain can fill in all that reality.

Just had a dream last night where this happened & I'm always fascinated when it does.

The presence of DiCaprio not only gave
>Nolan a major movie star, it led to changes in the film that
>may make it more accessible to moviegoers.
>
>"I've incorporated a huge number of his ideas," Nolan said.
>"Leo's very analytical, particularly from character point of
>view but also how the entire story is going to function and
>relate to his character . . . It's actually been an
>interesting set of conversations, and I think it's improved
>the project enormously. I think the emotional life of the
>character now drives the story more than it did before."

Watch out Marty. Nolan bout to steal your boy.

>"I always find myself gravitating to the analogy of a maze,"
>he said. "Think of film noir and if you picture the story as a
>maze, you don't want to be hanging above the maze watching the
>characters make the wrong choices because it's frustrating.
>You actually want to be in the maze with them, making the
>turns at their side, that keeps it more exciting . . . I quite
>like to be in that maze."