‘Who Is Lun*na Menoh?’ Review: Meta-Documentary Sacrifices Clarity For Self-Referentiality
Beginning with its titular question before falling down the rabbit-hole of meta-textual references, “Who is Lun*na Menoh?” works well as a primer for the Japanese-born conceptual artist, fashion designer, and musician. Adopting a triptych structure—which first establishes a portrait of Menoh before deconstructing the very nature of documentary—Jeff Mizushima’s film is, in the end, more about the nature of filmmaking, and the blurring of reality and fiction, then about the singular artist.