The tragedies of the little guy Turning from writing screenplays and directing for television to directing films didn't require a great effort on Tsai's part. By the time he had an opportunity to direct his first film, he had already written scripts for 11 years, and he had long thought that one day "he would like to direct a film from his own script."
從編劇、電視編導到電影導演，其間蔡明亮並沒有積極爭取，到他有機會執導第一部電影，蔡明亮已經寫了十年劇本，他也想著有一天要「拍自己的作品」。