The late singer Sulli’s posthumous work ‘To Truth’ has been unveiled. While it was first released at this year’s Busan International Film Festival, director Jeong Yun-seok remembered the deceased by saying that the work was “a film for countless truths.”
At 6:15 pm on the 7th, a preview and GV for the movie ‘To Truth’ was held at CGV Centum City branch in Centum Nam-daero, Haeundae-gu, Busan.
‘To Jinri’ is an episode of ‘Persona: Sulli’. This is a documentary film that conveys the various daily concerns and thoughts that Sulli, an actress and artist, and Jinri Choi, 25, felt at the time in an interview format. It was invited to the documentary showcase section of the wide angle section of the 28th Busan International Film Festival.
On this day, Director Jeong Yun-seok said, “I thought that the deceased’s words often raised important topics in our society. It may be an issue of women, the weak, and equality. “I think it contains values that the so-called younger generation considers important,” he said.
He continued, “I told the deceased’s mother that ‘To Jinri’ is a film with Jinri as the main character, but it also seems to be a film for the many truths in this land who miss him.” “I thought it would work,” he added.
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Director Jeong Yun-seok felt that Sulli was a person who listened rather than argued. Recalling the time he filmed with the deceased, he said, “Actually, there wasn’t much conversation with me either. “When I said I wanted to express this as a director, I tended to listen rather than actively argue,” he said. “I think he is at the opposite end of the scale from the Sulli that the general public knows.”
Director Jeong also said, “It is important to view the protagonist as such with the self-consciousness of being an artist. At that point, I thought silence had meaning. “He waited until the protagonist could organize his thoughts and give an honest answer,” he emphasized.
The movie revolves around interviews conducted with Sulli during her lifetime. During the editing stage, we received advice from human rights lawyers and psychiatrists. Director Jeong Yun-seok explained, “It was important to protect the bereaved family, and we reviewed a lot to see if the interview could be included in the film in terms of the honor of the deceased.”
Director Jeong Yun-seok, who said he searched all the articles about the deceased for the film, said, “I read all 14 years worth of articles to prepare for the interview. “He checked everything from his days as a 13-year-old child actor to post-mortem interview articles,” he explained, adding, “Even after he passed away, he hired experts to organize the data.” He said, “To us, we thought it was not just an article, but a memento of the deceased. “Rather than thinking of the diary as a painting, I thought of it as a keepsake,” he said, adding, “I began to create detailed rules one by one.”
Director Jeong Yun-seok repeatedly emphasized that it was important that the narrator of ‘To Truth’ was Sulli. He said, “I thought that would be a lot of comfort to the audience. And I am grateful to the Busan International Film Festival because Sulli had a big dream of becoming an actress. “I think this event was created to honor the wishes of many social entities,” he said.
He said, “As a director, I think the beginning of true commemoration is to look back on our lives through the words of the protagonist. “I think it is important to think about what role and practice you will live within,” he said.
Reporter Rosa Park terarosa@edaily.co.kr
