Hollywood, Inception, and the Cinematic Dream State | Science News | Scoop.it

Interview with Jason Silva by Frank Rose

Maybe that was what got us talking about Inception, Chris­to­pher Nolan’s meta­physical ac­tion flick, which came out two years ago and won’t let go. From there it was in­evitable that we’d slide into The Matrix, eXistenZ, and other movies that seek to limn the para­meters of reality. Eventually we had to go, but we ended up continuing the con­ver­sation on­line. What follows is an edited transcript in which we question everything, including those bricks on the wall.