With these poor conditions, new movies mostly turned to the "developing experience" of Taiwan over the last 40 years and focused on the lives of the lower and middle class. In using the common to get to the aesthetic, it was a breath of fresh air.
新電影就在這樣的窘迫環境下，拍出一系列以台灣四十年來的「成長經驗」為關懷焦點，以中下階層為描寫對象的作品，在平淡中觀照人文精神，令人耳目一新。