Review of It's Such a Beautiful Day (2011) by Qi Z — 02 Jul 2015
The story is told largely in child-like pencil-sketch, collaged with other visual and aural effects. The over-voice is plain and somewhat monotonic. Yet these effects are startlingly effective in tracing a man's path in mental illness and suffering.
The viewpoint is mostly that of the protagonist. He watched his whole world awry, obediently endured a sequence of protracted yet largely futile medical treatments. At the point when it becomes nearly impossible to sustain attention to this sorrowful story, our protagonist found the freedom to his soul.
The last fifteen minutes are gloriously beautiful - he has found all the happiness and joy of life as soon as the fear of death is abolished. By what? Not by medical interventions, nor by empty promises of immortality, but by the mere fact of his pending death.
Only then, he can stop the question "what is happening to me", to exclamation "It's such a beautiful day".
This review of It's Such a Beautiful Day (2011) was written by Qi Z on 02 Jul 2015.
It's Such a Beautiful Day has generally received very positive reviews.
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