<i>Shaking the Sun Together</i>: Philosophical Reflections on Life and Death in the Context of Illness and the Narrative of De-Suffering

韩延作为一位专注于拍摄以“疾病”为主题的电影创作者，执导的“生命三部曲”第三部《我们一起摇太阳》，以疾病叙事与去苦难化叙事进行生命影像的书写，展现普通群体的生命哲思。在疾病叙事层面，影片构建起主体与客体之间“看”与“被看”的关系，通过去疾病隐喻化的叙事引起观众对病患群体真实面貌的关注，产生精神共情。同时影片采用去苦难化叙事策略，淡化疾病带来的苦难色彩，以“摇太阳”“奥利给”等充满积极象征意义的符号，传达了对生命的积极肯定。从尼采的酒神精神角度出发，影片以患病个体生活为切入点，直面病痛，借主角乐观顽强的求生意志，诠释尼采酒神精神中对生命的积极肯定，展现了生命的坚韧与美好，传递向死而生的生命哲思。Han Yan, a filmmaker dedicated to creating movies centered on the theme of “illness”, has directed the third installment of his “Life Trilogy”, Shaking the Sun Together. This film employs disease narrative and de-suffering narrative to depict the imagery of life, presenting the philosophical reflections on life of ordinary people. On the level of disease narrative, the film establishes a “watching” and “being watched” relationship between the subject and the object, and through de-metaphorized narrative of illness, it draws the audience’s attention to the true appearance of the sick group, evoking spiritual empathy. At the same time, the film adopts a de-suffering narrative strategy, downplaying the suffering brought by illness, and uses symbols full of positive symbolic meanings such as “rocking the sun” and “Oligie”, to convey a positive affirmation of life. From the perspective of Nietzsche’s Dionysian spirit, the film takes the life of a sick individual as the entry point, confronts illness directly, and through the protagonist's optimistic and tenacious will to survive, interprets the positive affirmation of life in Nietzsche's Dionysian spirit, demonstrating the tenacity and beauty of life, and conveying the philosophy of life that embraces death while cherishing life.