Did Nolan leave the ending of Inception up to the audience? [duplicate]

I know that a lot of discussion about this one has taken place already. But as you know its "INCEPTION"! every time you see it, it blows your mind... So if you see closely you can see that in the last couple seconds of movie the totum trembles and the moment we think its going to fall down Nolan ended the scene. So here, was Nolan trying to suggest that everyone can decide there own version? Either you can think that the totum kept spinning and Cobb is stuck in limbo or the totum stopped spinning and Cobb is really back home.
Any thoughts???

Best Answer

Yes, the ending of Inception is open to viewer's interpretation. Check this interview by Chris Nolan. About the open ending Nolan says that

I've always believed that if you make a film with ambiguity, it needs to be based on a true interpretation. If it's not, then it will contradict itself, or it will be somehow insubstantial and end up making the audience feel cheated. Ambiguity has to come from the inability of the character to know -- and the alignment of the audience with that character.

As for Nolan's own interpretation he stated

I choose to believe that Cobb gets back to his kids, because I have young kids. People who have kids definitely read it differently than those who don't. Clearly the audience brings a lot to it. The most important emotional thing about the top spinning at the end is that Cobb is not looking at it. He doesn't care.

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Is Cobb still dreaming at the end of Inception?

The way the film is set up, Inception is a story about a man trying to get home to his children. In truth, the underlying message as we interpret it of the scenes mentioned above is that Cobb is actually still dreaming, and in the end, his dreams are his new home.

What does Christopher Nolan say about the end of Inception?

Nolan has continually maintained that the ending is\u201dsubjective\u201d and that the only thing that matters is that Cobb doesn't care if he's dreaming or not.

Did the top fall over in Inception ending?

In fact, Nolan seems to tell us that the answer doesn't actually matter. Whether or not the top stopped spinning, it's inconsequential. Cobb was able to see his children's faces, he was able to join them in the garden \u2014 something he had not been able to do waking or dreaming for many, many years.

Is there a plot twist at the end of Inception?

Attempts to revive Fisher fail and Ariadne, the architect of this dream world, convinces Cobb to take her down into limbo \u2014 a.k.a. unconstructed dream space existing within untouched subconscious \u2014 to retrieve Fisher, whose consciousness would remained trapped there thanks to the drugs keeping him in this dream heist.

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