Christopher Nolan
One humongous aspect of Nolans films is abillity to use non linear story telling. He crafts almost this gigantic puzzle by using flashbacks and other features to put the movie out of order. One way he showcases this in Inception is the concept of them going into dreams. You find alot about these characters as they go into dreams because each dream is almost like a flashback within itself. Each character is tested by going into these dreams because they are apart of someone elses past thus giving our characters a backstory. He mainly uses this feature with Leonardo to show his old relationship with his wife. Speaking of his wife, one feature every Nolan movie has is this theme of obsession. One character has something or someone that they cant get past or cant get over. Leonardo Dicaprios obsession in Inception is his wife. Leonardo fights for his wife throughout the movie to really enhance this character. It pretty much puts the label on the chracter because his characters main drive becomes his wife. It gives this amazing ploy that all along he is fighting these dreams and fighting these urges over something that he cant get. One feature Nolan displays very well in his films is the Antihero vs Hero build-up. This is seen throughout Inception with Leo's wife acting as if she is trying to save him. This leaves the reader in a situation where we are unsure if his wife is the antidote or the poison. One thing Nolan desplays very well is his use of light throughout his movies. In many scenes throughout Inception you will see a dark backlighting to represent a sorrow that the main chracter is feeling like the opening scene when Leo is talking to his wife on the phone and shes mad that he cant be with her and the kids. I think the most exceptional use of this feature is in the final scene. Leo is looking toward his kids and you see his object spinning. All of the sudden the camera flashes to black. Another way Nolan uses this is when Leos wife is about to jump and hes right there watching her. You can see the pain in his eyes which is enhanced by the darkness. One feature Nolan excels at is his abillity to the place the camera in an angle that is first person without damaging the integrity of a third person view. You see this used alot when they first enter the dreams for the viewer to really capture the broadness of the world. Nolan even makes use of this in the very first scene when Leonardo washes up on the beach and you see him staring at his kids.