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Trailer—Persona: Sulli

Persona: Sulli

It can feel at times a bit ghoulish and other times very sad to watch such an intimate portrait of a recent suicide victim, but this multi-talented woman has important things to tell us, and she expresses herself with profound elegance. There are 2 episodes of Persona here. They consist of the first of what would have been five short art movies, followed by a feature-length documentary based on interviews with Choi Jin Ri, who has left us a great legacy here. The short is a kind of surreal fantasy, full of grotesque humour. The documentary is one of the most moving pieces I've watched in a long time.

I can't belive I'm the first person to write a review but I just finished the documentary and felt the need to come here. This is probably the most real outlook we would get into the life of a k-pop star for a very long time, the documentary is very artistic , making a connection between the very raw interview and the story of "Dorothy" from "Wizzard Of Oz ". Her interview was almost uncut, you could see how much time and care Suli took for awnsering each question, there are minutes of complete silence where you could feel all the emotions she's going through, which I think is very brave on the director's part to leave them in. The most touching part for me was when she said most people don't think of celebrities as humans, which honestly applies to her very well because she was always sold and exploited as a product like she mentioned. My only complaint would be that because it's so long I feel like some parts of artistic shots in between her interview chapters were a little unnecessary or misplaced, and also I don't see the point of the documentary having 2 episodes, the first one being her episode of Persona. Overall a real, touching and quiet documentary that explores the many sides of Suli and her journey as k-pop star, actress and human.