With the beginning of the New Wave in filmmaking at the beginning of the 1980's, the growth of Taiwan over the past thirty years--including previously unmentionable bitterness, grievances, and chaos--could gradually appear in a relatively realistic way on the silver screen. The passion and self-consciousness of intellectuals for Taiwan's own traditions and land gradually escaped from the "hat" of "Taiwan independence traitors" and gained release.
就從民國七十年代初的「電影新浪潮」開始，台灣過去卅年來的成長樣貌﹘﹘包括以前不為人知的辛酸、屈辱、騷亂等，逐漸可以在銀幕上做較真實的呈現；知識分子對台灣鄉土的自覺與熱愛，也逐漸擺脫「台獨」的大帽子，而得到抒發。