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> [A lot of narrative films leave you no space for anything else but eating popcorn. I want to go in the complete opposite direction. I have to evacuate all psychology, to be less a protagonist and more a presence.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/a-lot-of-narrative-films-leave-you-no-space-for-anything-else-but/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

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## More by Elia Suleiman

> [The problem is that when you grow absolutely certain that all authorities are corrupt, then that would include the Palestinian authorities as well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/the-problem-is-that-when-you-grow-absolutely-certain-that-all/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [I'm not in the business of saying just one thing about just one place. If you only see Palestine in my films, then I've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/i-m-not-in-the-business-of-saying-just-one-thing-about-just-one-place/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [The desire to express in an art form and to compose a tableau and vignette whether it's humorous, burlesque, or poetic comes simply from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/the-desire-to-express-in-an-art-form-and-to-compose-a-tableau-and/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [Silence can be intimidating, sometimes provocative, sometimes a form of resistance because it dislocates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/silence-can-be-intimidating-sometimes-provocative-sometimes-a-form-of/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [Israel, the Israelis, and the rest of the world have been brainwashed. They don't think of pre-1948, they have no idea Palestinians were in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/israel-the-israelis-and-the-rest-of-the-world-have-been-brainwashed/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [To think of a film from the point of view of a tank barrel is already so inhumanly positioned. This is when film can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/to-think-of-a-film-from-the-point-of-view-of-a-tank-barrel-is-already/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [Living more intensely, more lovingly, with more camaraderie, that is in itself resistance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/living-more-intensely-more-lovingly-with-more-camaraderie-that-is-in/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [I'm trying to use Palestine as a microcosm of the world, but maybe the world is a microcosm of Palestine. We're living in a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/i-m-trying-to-use-palestine-as-a-microcosm-of-the-world-but-maybe-the/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [People in power tend to find poetry dangerous to them because it is dislocating, they can't catch it, can't control it. They prefer coherence,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/people-in-power-tend-to-find-poetry-dangerous-to-them-because-it-is/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [I am more at peace than I've ever known myself to be. My connectedness to the world is more intense. I am more attentive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/i-am-more-at-peace-than-i-ve-ever-known-myself-to-be-my-connectedness/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [I don't particularly have a good memory. I think history is many times just the text written by the victors. I wanted to counter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/i-don-t-particularly-have-a-good-memory-i-think-history-is-many-times/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [There are a lot of questions that come out of the silence. It is so close to the infinite.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/there-are-a-lot-of-questions-that-come-out-of-the-silence-it-is-so/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [I don't think you can strategize to be poetic and neither can you strategize to be funny. It is not a tool, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/i-don-t-think-you-can-strategize-to-be-poetic-and-neither-can-you/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [The Time that Remains is a way of interpreting a certain ambience or emotion. These are the stories that my father told me over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/the-time-that-remains-is-a-way-of-interpreting-a-certain-ambience-or/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

> [A lot of narrative films leave you no space for anything else but eating popcorn. I want to go in the complete opposite direction.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elia-suleiman/a-lot-of-narrative-films-leave-you-no-space-for-anything-else-but/)

[Elia Suleiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elia-suleiman/)

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