Gallery: Q&A: Christopher Nolan on Dreams, Architecture, and Ambiguity

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    Director Christopher Nolan *Photo: Mario Anzuoni/Reuters/Corbis*
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    Director Christopher Nolan with Leonardo DiCaprio and Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the set of *Inception.* *Photo by Stephen Vaughan*
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    Joseph Gordon-Levitt on the set of *Inception.* *Photo by Stephen Vaughan*
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    Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb in *Inception.* *Photo by Melissa Moseley*
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    Director Christopher Nolan on the set of *Inception.* *Photo by Melissa Moseley*
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    Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb in *Inception.* *Photo by Melissa Moseley*
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    Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb in *Inception.* *Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures*
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    Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb in *Inception.* *Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures*
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    Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Arthur in *Inception.* *Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures*
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    Leonardo DiCaprio as Cobb in *Inception.* *Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures*
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