The new generation of creators coming to the fore in the 1990s are not interested in the Taiwan tragedies and people's memories that have been Hou Hsiao-hsien's material. They are more interested in looking at the microcosm.
九十年代台灣新一輩創作者，他們探觸的題材不像侯孝賢關懷台灣悲情、民族記憶這樣龐大的主題，而比較是採取微觀角度深思問題。