Asked about his view of Chinese-language cinema, Zhang notes that Hong Kong movies used to be made strictly with an eye to the box office.
對於華語大片的趨勢，張進戰的觀察是，早年香港作品一味追求利潤、粗製濫造，開始走下坡，1992 年張國榮到大陸拍《霸王別姬》時，就被大陸電影人對藝術的追求震撼。