"The artistic aura of Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Puppet Master was similar in lighting and hue to that of the 17th Century Dutch painter Rembrandt. It needs to be illuminated with excellent facilities," says Chiao. When screened in inadequately equipped theaters, the film is transformed into a murky block. The situation is even worse on a television set, whose ability to differentiate between strong and soft light is considerably inferior.
「侯孝賢《戲夢人生》的美學形態，接近十七世紀荷蘭畫家林布蘭的布光色彩，需要很好的照明設備」，焦雄屏說，在設備稍差的戲院放映，就變成黑色塊狀，何況是解析光源強弱能力差很多的電視。