It's a situation that shows just how moribund the film industry is in Taiwan. What is really depressing is that apart from City of Sadness and The Wedding Banquet, which were well received by audiences in Taiwan, most of the films shown at festivals abroad have fared poorly at home, so that some have joked that acceptance at foreign festivals is a "kiss of death" for domestic box-office success.
更令人沮喪的是，除了《悲情城市》和《喜宴》這兩部得獎片，受到國內觀眾青睞，多數參展片在本地市場的反應普遍不佳，影展片也被譏為「票房毒藥」。