The path to becoming a director is a long one. After shooting City of Sadness, Chang's friends all turned to making quick bucks in the advertising industry, whereas he turned to making documentaries for television about teenage motorcycle races and drug use. "Teenagers are full of energy, and well matched with my personality," he says.
導演路漫漫，拍完《悲情城市》，身邊的朋友都轉向賺錢容易的廣告業，他卻投向小螢幕拍起以青少年飆車、吸毒為主題的電視紀錄片，「青少年的爆發力很足，和我的個性很合」，他說。