Among these was the showing in 1989 of City of Sadness, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien and winner of the Golden Lion Award at the 1989 Venice Film Festival. The picture is a direct depiction of the 228 Incident and can be seen as a new milestone in the public's breaking out of the official mold and coming to a new recognition of "228."
其中，侯孝賢導演、榮獲威尼斯影展金獅獎的《悲情城市》在民國 78 年上映，片中直接描寫「228」歷史現場，可視為民間跳脫官方框架、重新認識「228」的新里程碑。