Christopher Nolan delivered an uncharacteristic commencement speech to the students of Princeton during yesterday's graduation ceremony, telling the attendees to chase reality rather than their dreams.
"In the great tradition of these speeches, generally someone says something along the lines of 'Chase your dreams,' but I don't want to tell you that because I don't believe that," The Dark Knight director said during his speech, according to THR. "I want you to chase your reality."
Nolan then referenced the ending of his film Inception, noting that dreams are merely "subsets of reality," and thus something we shouldn't consume ourselves with. "The way the end of that film worked, Leonardo DiCaprio's character Cobb — he was off with his kids, he was in his own subjective reality," he explained. "He didn't really care anymore, and that makes a statement: perhaps, all levels of reality are valid."
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"In the great tradition of these speeches, generally someone says something along the lines of 'Chase your dreams,' but I don't want to tell you that because I don't believe that," The Dark Knight director said during his speech, according to THR. "I want you to chase your reality."
Nolan then referenced the ending of his film Inception, noting that dreams are merely "subsets of reality," and thus something we shouldn't consume ourselves with. "The way the end of that film worked, Leonardo DiCaprio's character Cobb — he was off with his kids, he was in his own subjective reality," he explained. "He didn't really care anymore, and that makes a statement: perhaps, all levels of reality are valid."
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