The writer Hsi Sung says that the actors, costumes, sets and props of old movies all have the charm of old calendar photos. Many among them may strike modern audiences as clumsy. And yet, among this clumsiness, one sees the kindness and naivete that generation put its trust in. In fact, it was a golden age for the Chinese silver screen.
作家奚淞表示，老電影中，無論演員、服裝、佈景、道具，都顯出「舊風景畫片般的魅力」，其中固然有許多令今日觀眾覺得笨拙之處，然而，笨拙之中，卻藏著一代人曾經信賴的善意與天真。