The Pantheon of Ambiguous Movie Endings

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Nolan groups himself among a small club of filmmakers who get cornered in public about their finales: Tarantino gets asked about the Pulp Fiction briefcase, Sofia Coppola gets asked about the Bill Murray whisper, and Nolan gets asked about Inception's spinning top. It's a wry acknowledgment that lasting cultural mystery is a kind of legacy. Ambiguous endings, he suggests, are what earn you a permanent spot in cinema's argumentative hall of fame.

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