And only viewers with some understanding of the history of Taiwan film would appreciate the nuances of its film-within-a-film structure. Tsai Ming-liang has a unique style of filmmaking, said Davis, but his films are hard to understand. Goodbye Dragon Inn wasn ’ t a film that was accessible to mass audiences.
而觀賞這種具有「戲中戲」結構的電影作品，需要對台灣影史稍有一些基礎才能理解其中的複雜度，蔡明亮導演的電影風格很特別，但卻很難理解，是一部不太容易與大眾親近的作品。