In his opening remarks at the ceremony Dr. Shaw Yu-ming, director general of the Government Information Office, likened the industry's poor performance to the stock market's "black streak" in October.
這次金馬獎典禮的失利，只是現象之一。新聞局長邵玉銘在致詞時，以股市的「一路長黑」比喻一年來電影界的不景氣。而報紙更以「國片幾時拉長紅？」的標題，為電影界的成績下評註。