《人生大事》:父与子的规训与传承

Lighting up the Stars: Fathers and Sons, Discipline and Inheritance

在近几年出现的以殡葬行业为题材的三部影片中,通过殡葬行业的特殊性,让主人公通过对死亡的认知,提升个人生命观,获得与人生的和解。但《人生大事》唤醒观众的集体记忆、实现共情的根源在于:它采用中国观众耳熟能详的经典原型形象,进行原型叙事的创新呈现,在叛逆、回归之间颉颃平衡,重新阐释了中国文化传统中永恒而现实的主题——父与子/个体与群体,规训与惩罚/叛逆与传承,呈现出经典原型叙事的强大能量。

In the three films with the theme of the funeral industry that have appeared in recent years, the protagonists gain insights into life through their cognition of death. Lighting up the Stars adopts classic and archetypal images which are familiar to Chinese audiences, carrying out an innovative presentation of archetypal narratives, striking a balance between rebellion and return, while reinterpreting eternal and realistic themes of Chinese cultural traditions: fathers and sons, individuals and groups;discipline and punishment, rebellion and inheritance. Therefore, Lighting Up The Stars awakens the audience’s collective memory and arouses the audience’s empathy.