Gravity fight scenes in inception filmed by Christopher Nolan جنون المخرج كريستوفر نولان في الاخراج

The zero-gravity hallway fight scenes were achieved by using "...massive, rotating sets that twisted and turned and forced Gordon-Levitt to maneuver with utmost caution. Five-hundred crew-members were involved in the scene, which took a full three weeks to complete." The sets were built in a London airplane hangar, including a horizontal hallway that rotated 360 degrees, a vertical one and a set with steel trolleys to which the actors were attached by wires (later erased using visual effects).

[@magmablock]

That's what I love about Christopher Nolan. Want to make it look like they're in a spinning hallway? Spin a fucking hallway.

[@SimplyNDP]

+magmablock FUCK YEAH

[@ewagalak6629]

That's rather about production designer: Guy Hendrix Dyas ;)

[@C_Papi]

Jesus Christ what's going to happen with Dunkirk?

[@NutStr8]

Technically he didn't want to make it look like a spinning hallway, but like gravity was shifting.

[@declanolivetti4319]

RedReich&Booze Plane flies and crashes They make a plane fly and crash (replica)

[@plottwist3364]

It's a good thing Nolan didn't directed Superman: he would have made the Earth spin backwards for real

[@ss12311055]

Bender B. Rodriguez Nolan would find a real Kryptonian to play Clark Kent

[@jasondrake323]

Bender B. Rodriguez He would built Krypton and find someone Kal-El.

[@prajualgupta9214]

dont bour

[@uddhavdaga4263]

Plot Twist s

[@ahahlex]

ahah that's a good one

[@ferrarienzo5252]

Now I see how a films budget can be $165 Million

[@stichtom]

It really doesn't mean that much. CGI can cost more than pratical effects

[@Speedo1391]

Avatar had a budget of 240 Million. CGI drives up the cost more than something like that (if your're comparing proportionally), but yea, still expensive shit.

[@charleshu5752]

Box office of upwards of 800m. So i'm sure he will get more if he wants next time

[@Lerppunen]

@@charleshu5752 The $165 million doesn’t include marketing though.

[@flavio7180]

@@Lerppunen Yeah but everyone of Nolan’s films have been successful except for Tenet (which would have grossed a lot more if it wasn’t for the COVID situation).

[@Haneburge]

some of the best practical effects ever put to screen

[@rastas4766]

look up John Carpenters The Thing, and come back.

[@southlondon86]

Look up Aliens and come back.

[@tanguysayboot4630]

he did say some of the best tho, not the best.

[@kachosuffer7]

Look up Inception and come back.

[@gabrielbauer5595]

Christopher Nolan doesn't needs an Oscar. Oscar needs Christopher Nolan.

[@Headintodreams]

No truer words spoken!!

[@venom5610]

Christopher Nolan = brilliant

[@erwind1257]

What's so brilliant about copying 'N Sync's Bye Bye Bye video effects? Lol

[@jayeshsinha1653]

Well I think this is really awesome and in the comments everyone has been praised enough, but I would like to give a special shout-out to the extra that JGL (Arthur) fought in the scene as I think his special effort has been totally forgotten. Like JGL, he underwent the same training and put in the same effort inside that spinning corridor and all in all his contribution in making that scene so great cannot be forgotten. So kudos to whoever you are.

[@CaptainOfGames]

Marvin Campbell is his name. He also did stunts in many of the recent James Bond movies.

[@moody4624]

He is more than an extra. He is a legit stuntman

[@johntothebrogan]

Christopher Nolan is like the Vincent Van Gogh of Movies.

[@Zombiesnyder13]

+John Brogan For me, he is Stanley Kubrick of the 21st century

[@EzraDair]

+zombiesnyder13 nah Stanley tortured his actors buy taking too many takes and he was kinda moody

[@adrienveidt419]

+Ezra Daßer yes, he did in the shining, and it was to give that reality of fatigue and madness to his actors. rather than moody i think is exigent

[@EzraDair]

Eddy Ficio yep

[@TTURBOVOLVO]

Vincent wasn't appreciated in his time. So to compare them would be wrong.

[@bencurtin573]

Good thing Nolan didn't direct Man of Steel, he would probably ACTUALLY destroy a city, as well as a different fucking planet, in order to make it seem real

[@anthonyandersen1390]

Shut the fuck up NOLAN is the BEST

[@bencurtin573]

Zaccox BEST FAN ...What the fuck, that's what I was saying lol

[@MedievalKninja]

He wouldn't need massive amounts of destruction to make the story compelling in the first place

[@F5Metal]

Unlike Hack Snyder

[@alfi-il7be]

He's gonna make someone hanging in the flying plane :D

[@chinmaybaitule1581]

I appreciate Christopher Nolan to direct this painstaking scene without CGI. Also, kudos to Joseph Gordon Levitt to do this challenging role.

[@akkalat85]

He took 2001 to the next level. Joseph and those stunt guys get huge props for this scene.

[@slobiden.2593]

2001 was about 45 years old when inception came out

[@vicentemorales2533]

this is the best movie of this decade, to me there's no doubt

[@TTURBOVOLVO]

of the century!

[@jaspaldeora8572]

You must watch Mulholland Drive

[@blackbird8837]

@@jaspaldeora8572 yeah...no.

[@EqualsDeath]

@@blackbird8837 yeah, YES

[@fargo1234]

Interstellar comes close tho

[@C02754]

Christopher nolan deserves Oscar.

[@anzsai]

And he should receive it on a rotating stage...

[@arthurverlaine6434]

@@anzsai in a rotating world and never endless rotating universe, every roundabout shall have Nolan's statue in the middle (rotating obviously)

[@grahamvandyke]

THIS is special effects. I'm so sick of CGI in movies.

[@5nefarious]

Well, CGI is still really effective if you don't have the money to create an entire world. I think what you're sick of is _bad_ CGI; giving the artists less CGI to do would probably improve the quality of the CGI as a whole.

[@grahamvandyke]

aismartie14 That's very true. The problem I have with CGI as a whole now is the fact that it's so overused to the point where half of all action scenes now are digitally created. The human eye can tell very easily when something isn't real, which makes these scenes so mindblowingly amazing to watch.

[@DarthVader-ib7tl]

I agree!

[@ErizotDread]

aismartie14 I think CGI is most effective when it's not overused. Like any tool, it can be overused, and when you see it constantly, it can take you out of the experience...I find for me, it's especially noticeable when CGI is used for whole environments, rather than just some effects and enhancements. No matter how good the graphics, the eye can tell it's not physically real. It has to be subtle, otherwise I get tired of it, especially when it's used in 90% of movies today. My 2 cents, anyway.

[@DarthVader-ib7tl]

I remember the when movies used to look real and didn't have to rely on special effects. Movies like back to the future used it in scenes like the time travelling scenes, etc. You know, pretty sparingly. That's why I loved the original trilogy of Star Wars, and Indiana Jones, especially the face melting scene, they used wax. If it was made today, it would be a fake looking cgi piece of crap.

[@markbeggs4894]

Any marvel director : "we need cgi for this sequence, it can't be done using practical effects" Christopher Nolan : "hold my beer"

[@EllaLeeMiax3]

I'd like to say two things: 1. This movie is amazing, even after knowing how the actors did this it still looks awesomeee. 2. I wanna marry Joseph Gordon- Levitt.

[@TheRandomeez]

I look and speak like JOseph Gordon Levitt will you marry me?

[@marcusrat4466]

are you married now?

[@michaeltsang548]

@@TheRandomeez lol

[@sarahknight6627]

That's amazing how they did this scene. Not really a big fan of CGI it's been over used for everything in movies; live action special effects has more a realness than CGI. Sometimes the best special effects is using the mind's perception that creates an optical illusion.

[@mohamed36057]

You are extremely right .. Nolan has confirmed in a Comic con interview that he hates too much CGI on production .. and that's one of reasons why Nolan's Sci-Fi movies is much different than the others

[@estivel15]

I agree. In his last movie "Interstellar" he only used CGI for things he couldn't do with practical effects.

[@Teekoness]

Have you seen the latest Mad Max film? They used almost all practical effects with the only notable exception being the Hurrican scene.

[@CS2K23]

@@Teekoness yeah loved mad Max totally...I wonder if there is any other better action cinema in the world

[@LiverpoolfcEPL]

wow Joseph refused stunt double! Good on him!

[@halimahajek2922]

Coming here after Tenet. Hes keep making a brilliant film I think Nolan is in league of his own. A maestro an artist a visionary.

[@szamashups2476]

The knowledge of this being 100% real makes the scene much more funnier to watch

[@szamashups2476]

+Conor Koritor Idk if you were ironic or not

[@bangalpro]

Christopher Nolan and the crew are geniuses. Very clever.

[@Unclevertitle]

This scene proves that the best way to simulate gravity is by NOT simulating gravity.

[@St8Solja]

Christopher Nolan is the shit! I can't wait for Interstellar

[@baprejmer]

he is.but he didn't managed to send the message in interstellar

[@estivel15]

baprejmer You meant you didn't get the message?

[@baprejmer]

Estivel Garcia I did. But it wasn't as well put as in The Presitge. He didn't managed to connect all the dots and to put it on the screen.

[@a.Hopeful]

The movie seemed pretty crystal clear to me mate. You just have to keep your high school Physics shit in mind IMO.

[@jahnavis6134]

@@a.Hopeful they taught u about black holes and tesseract in high school?....lolz I did like the movie BTW....

[@captainobvious1415]

Why don't they make a UFC cage like this???!!!!

[@bwebb90]

Hello and welcome to tonight’s episode of How To Break Your Neck!

[@valarmorghul]

best movie scene ever!!! you are genius Christopher!

[@danielbautista3176]

Christopher Nolan wanted to make sure “The Dark Knight” is successful, so he can make “Inception”

[@shawnmendes4700]

Wow! Huge applaud to the producing team. Never thought it was done for real.

[@CineGourmetExplorer]

2 minutes of sequence and the massive set!! Brilliant job by Production Design team, DOP, Actors, stunt co-ordinator, Sound Designers, Hans Zimmer and above all the captain - Christopher Nolan!

[@inaccessiblecardinal9352]

My favorite filmmaker! Such an epic scene from an epic movie.

[@Tiago211287]

christopher nolan is a genius. I love his work!

[@DrFamine]

... My mind is blown. All over my screen. I love Nolan and all the people who made his visions possible.

[@Tom_North]

JGL was so sick in this film, especially in this scene

[@justice7219]

terrific. makes me wonder what we may be bound to see in Interstellar.

[@spclfxguy]

I worked on some of the miniatures in Interstellar! :-)

[@justice7219]

Michael Hood I just hope it exceeds expectations. Nolan working on high concept sci fi can do that to movie fans.

[@helloitonoff]

banny guy did you watch the video? at around the 1:20 mark Nolan acknowledges this wasn't a new idea and that 2001 was an inspiration for him.

[@elmertjee]

Really? Awesome!! Can you send me a link of the miniatures?

[@alexis2012fulvlogs]

This scene is sooo trippy lol

[@michellegiana3864]

Dream is collapsing... Hans zimmer

[@kotd009]

chris's mind is like a freakin maze.

[@-cloudsaboveuscrying-6805]

HOLY SHIT THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING INCEPTION IS THE BEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE!! and im not exaggerating! It's PERFECT.

[@scandinavian5476]

Wow such a great hardwork while making this wonderful film # inception

[@carpediem8395]

Waaaw the best production ever

[@HonestReviews]

Fucking love watching these behind the scenes and special effects to see the incredible work they did to get the shots that we all see at the theater and love!

[@langdonthomasalger]

absolutely stunning

[@christopherxiong]

Amazing! Just simply amazing!

[@1805movie]

Now that is practical effects at its best.

[@oJAYarista]

As a kid I use to think actors were everything, now as an adult I am more infatuated with the crew and production than the actors and actresses. Amazing how everything is put together

[@Howlingburd19]

You don’t see risky movies that much anymore. Making a high budget movie with an original idea (and isn’t affiliated with a franchise or the superhero genre) is a lot more rare today. Today, such concepts are considered to be “risky” as the possibility of the movie being a flop is higher (because general audiences aren’t familiar with the new idea like they are with other popular franchises). Inception ended up being a big success (critical and financially) and was the the 4th highest grossing movie of 2010 :)

[@foldinglaundry]

one of the best movies ever.

[@AliceRiobueno]

It would be awesome if there were an amusement about Inception :D for an amusement park, dunno how you guys say it in english :p

[@voltaire_lopez]

Went to a science museum where u can enter a mini tunnel like the corridor there, and u would stand still, but they rotated your walls so it messed up your perception, and it actually threw me off balance even though i was literally on still ground. Im impressed jgl did that scene flawlessly.

[@genius9628]

This man is the reason that I love Film making.

[@virajeg3210]

Christopher Nolan is fucking brilliant, he has all resources to create a CGI scene but he always wants audience to surprise with his vision towards real world.

[@BlackBirdMax]

I want to build one of those sets. What a really cool set.

[@ThisIsNotPictureTube]

amazing

One word: Awesome!

[@CandyHam]

my god movies are just out of control. I love it

[@abhijithjose2826]

Damn, HUGE PROPS to the Christopher Nolan and the team! ;)

[@thecollector427]

The majority of action movies: CGI yes *Meanwhile...* Chris Nolan: Hey NASA, can I borrow a ship to shoot my next movie? Tom Cruise: We don't need CGI, I'll do it myself.

[@marianateixeira8426]

Just AMAIZING!

[@halomasterr117]

as a person who wants to be a film maker this is a set i'd have LOVED to be on omg

[@raju.tmmathew6317]

He is a blessing for the film industry

[@bellalunaoxox]

Not the first time a centrifuge rotating set was designed and executed for special effects. That pioneering award goes to 2001 Space Odessey’s Stanley Kubrick

[@jackbotman]

:3 Awesome work

[@el_Cabi]

so incredibly awesome!

[@jubair5605]

I think Nolan is the director who give more job opportunities to engineers

[@nicholaslee8186]

JGL nailed it! Respected.

[@16zkb]

Hey brother Salam. MrBeast has put your Channal in the discription! Amazing

[@BrewokGanas]

nice! now i can make one!

[@theupsidedownbrick9618]

this is INSANELY COOL

[@SimplyNDP]

What if Christopher Nolan directed one of Marvel's movies? That would be great. SUPER GREAT. SUPER SPECIAL. SUPER SPECIAL EFFECTS! Wait. So Christopher Nolan is the inventor of Omega Ultra Super Special Effects :D

[@Bdan-ez6jv]

Really amazing

[@gamewizard2008]

That would look like a cool videogame level!

[@portaccio]

I'm watching this scene right now and had to pause it to find this video. Don't worry I've seen this film a bunch of times. It's so good. This analogue fx is incredible. F... cgi.

[@AdvaitThakur]

Excellent experience to see this film at IMAX, the same experience I got after watching this making. No one can believe their eyes, when we see the actors are pulled by towards the roofs and walls :) even after knowing how they did it.

[@petalblossom96]

Excellent film

[@At-ym2ld]

They make the design of this set seem a lot more intricate and sophisticated than it really is.

[@lauradavid9218]

thought so too. Still pretty awesome

[@MyThoughtsBelow]

Amazing.

[@thetruthbetoldpodcast-hiph9311]

Only Nolan can think of some wild shit like this.. can’t wait for his next movie

[@BamBamSo80zz]

Iconic

[@carpediem8395]

Inception is one of the best films of all history

[@aceofspades02]

I saw this movie yesterday (three years from its production) and it has been a long time since I hadn't said "THAT'S a good movie!" for a movie. This movie is really awesome. Really worths to be watched.

[@alexfzg9936]

Huge respect 👊👊

[@santhumanepally3111]

No words to say He is legend

[@ayeshashaikh8855]

Christopher Nolan is outstanding!!!

[@EternamDoov]

No word on the zero gravity scenes

[@bgarcia179]

Amazing

[@akramdinulakbar9924]

Nolan would call alien if he wants to make a fighting scene on ufo.

[@sia5021]

Brilliant.

[@wallo8786]

I love it.

[@TheBrickBro]

This movie is a work of art

[@SGprooo]

I have much respect for the crew members.

[@nameofthepen]

Awesome.

[@andjelatatarovic8309]

awesome!

[@masterninjaworrior]

This is awesome. I love practical effects. But I feel bad because they gave Joseph credit but not the other guy when he put in as much work in this as Joseph did. I give credits to both of them.

[@jwgamesvideos]

Por essas e outras eu amo os filmes desse diretor

[@sairajrane8990]

awesome director thats what i like about christopher nolan

[@sairajrane8990]

sairaj rane

[@FredrickFerruzola]

Oscar winner.

[@sebastianallimant5054]

Top 5 director of all time

[@Kamal-us5pp]

Need to have most brilliant mind to watch Nolan movies

[@timmyymmit5443]

pretty epic

[@pacio97de]

Strabiliante!!!

[@happzy]

Even reharsal fight looks insane

[@sivlee8909]

Living right inside film scenes would be fun. Have to know what it's like to live in an upside down world.

[@tilerdordn1147]

what's the music played in the backround? i haven't found it on the soundtrack, you guys have any idea?

[@caseykc9403]

Dream is Collapsing by hans zimmer