That was a high point for Taiwan's "new cinema," when the works of the "new directors" were coming out one on top of the other: Wan Jen's "Super Citizen," Hou Hsiao-hsien's "The Time to Live and the Time to Die," Li You-ning's "Spring Beyond the Bamboo Fence," Wang T'ung's "Run Away".
那時候，從「光陰的故事」、「兒子的大玩偶」一路脈脈相傳的所謂「台灣新電影」正達高峰；「新銳導演」的作品紛紛出籠：萬仁的「超級市民」、侯孝賢的「童年往事」、李祐寧的「竹籬笆外的春天」、王童的「策馬入林」… …，都以強棒出擊的姿態上陣。