In the 1990s, the combination of political liberalization and dramatic social change has motivated directors to plunge into the reality of modern Taiwan, and especially to focus on Taipei, the most rapidly evolving location on the island, and the place which is seen by many to represent Taiwan.
九○年代，政治解嚴加上台灣社會的急遽變化，電影工作者更一步跨進了現代式的、真實可感的台灣，尤其變化最快，足為台灣地區代表的台北。