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I've Never Read Joseph Campbell, And I Don't Know All That Much About Story Archetypes.

I Think The Films Insomnia And Memento Share All Sorts Of Thematic Concerns, Such As The Relationship Between Motivation And Action, And The Difficulty Of Reconciling Your View Of The Story With The Supposed Objective View Of That Story.

I Studied English Literature. I Wasn’t A Very Good Student, But One Thing I Did Get From It, While I Was Making Films At The Same Time With The College Film Society, Was That I Started Thinking About The Narrative Freedoms That Authors Had Enjoyed For Centuries And It Seemed To Me That Filmmakers Should Enjoy Those Freedoms As Well.

When You're Dealing With The World Of Dreams, The Psyche, And Potential Of A Human Mind, There Has To Be Emotional Stakes. You Have To Deal With Issues Of Memory And Desire.

As Far As The Dreams Go, Really I Would Only Point To There Are Times In My Life Where I Experienced Lucid Dreaming, Which Is A Big Feature Of Inception - The Idea Of Realizing You're In A Dream And Therefore Trying To Change Or Manipulate It In Some Way. That's A Very Striking Experience For People Who Have It.