The hallway scene from Inception was originally explained by The Filmsmith back in February 2010. With the release of Inception on DVD last week, the following making-of feature has made it to youtube, further detailing our original explanation. For special effects geeks (myself included), it’s quite interesting to see the full mechanics required to rotate the hallway and the struggle to choreograph the fights inside the turning tunnel:
It’s nothing short of amazing the lengths to which they went to avoid using CGI – and it looks all the better for it.
The Filmsmith 