Inside (2012)

Engin Günaydin: Muharrem

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• Muharrem : You may all be thinking the same thing about me. I can understand that. But the way you talk about all of you as one person confuses me! I am having trouble with which one of you to say my words to. It will be better if everyone speaks for himself. Besides, they may have their own opinions; if you keep saying "we" and "we" then how can they say it?

• Muharrem : You will either try to fit in and be like everyone else, or you will resist being like everyone else and choose loneliness.

• Muharrem : Sometimes I believed that out of nowhere one event would change my whole life. Such feelings captivated me especially when I was right at the door after reluctant returns home. I would just stand there on the threshold, staring into the distance, waiting for something to happen with childish hope.

• Muharrem : A wise man cannot be proud if he is not pitiless to himself. But I felt no pity for myself due to my boundless pride, disdainfully belittled myself, and thought that everyone regarded me the same way.

• Muharrem : Even sinking into mud had to make sense.

• Muharrem : Why was I like this? The more I realized what was valuable the more I sank into the swamp...

• Muharrem : Dear General Jevdet Bey! Excuse me, Jevat Bey and his devoted bootlickers! Know well that I don't like ostentatious people, ostentatious words, ostentation itself! That is first... I hate arrogance, smugness, I created all these mountains moods, fancy personalities! That's two... I also hate flatterers, flattery, flattering words and actions! That is three... Fourth... I love truth, ingeniousness and sincerity. And as Dostoevsky said; I want truth to be held above everything, even poor egos. I would give my life for your friendship, mutual, frank, and without lies! Yes, I love it, Mr. General! Friendship is a deed that requires sensitivity and grace; It has nothing to do with rudeness, carelessness, sarcasm! What else was I going to say... Anyway, why am I prolonging it? Anyway, to your honour, General! Farewell to Istanbul. Conquer that bitch Byzantium for us! From there, ride your horse west to Vienna. Be it Nobel, be it Oscar, bring whatever you can achieve to Ankara!

• Muharrem : Dear General Jevdet Bey! Excuse me, Jevat Bey and his devoted bootlickers! Know well that I don't like ostentatious people, ostentatious words, ostentation itself! That is first... I hate arrogance, smugness, I created all these mountains moods, fancy personalities! That's two... I also hate flatterers, flattery, flattering words and actions! That is three... Fourth... I love truth, ingeniousness and sincerity. And as Dostoevsky said; I want truth to be held above everything, even poor egos. I would give my life for your friendship - mutual, frank, and without lies! Yes, I love it, Mr. General! Friendship is something that requires sensitivity and grace; It has nothing to do with rudeness, carelessness, sarcasm! What else was I going to say... Anyway, why am I prolonging it? Anyway, to your honour, General! Farewell to Istanbul. Conquer that bitch Byzantium for us! From there, ride your horse west to Vienna. Be it Nobel, be it Oscar, bring whatever you can achieve to Ankara!