Although films from Taiwan have earned an international reputation, these artsy films are often inaccessible, and they do poorly at the box office. For instance, none of Hou Hsiao-hsien's works have ever been distributed in the United States.
她說，台灣電影雖然建立起國際名聲，走上藝術化，卻也因此造成欣賞障礙，票房上很難打開，侯孝賢的作品至今仍無法賣到美國。