Hsiao Yeh, who was once with CMPC and devoted much effort to the promotion of new cinema, is even more adamant: "This has nothing at all to do with new cinema, it's a flash in the pan," because the cultivation of film-makers alone is inadequate for raising standards throughout cinema, when "the whole cultural and educational environment has been static for so long, without any improvement.
曾待過中影系統，並不遺餘力推動新電影的小野更指出：「這和新電影沒有任何關係，只是曇花一現。」因為要提高整體的電影文化，光培養創作者是不夠的，更重要的是長期對大眾文化素養的培育。