Besides fresh photographic techniques, the films offered thoughtful, self-aware subject matter, often focused on Taiwan's coming of age over the past 40 years as experienced by the lower and middle classes.
故事多以台灣四十年來的「成長經驗」為關懷焦點，以中下階層為描寫對象；且藉著人文精神的觀照和寫實手法，在迂緩平淡中點出發人深省的主題。