Before the 1990s, there was an abundance of locally produced movies and the output of Taiwan's entertainment industry led the Chinese-speaking world. Nowadays, however, audiences mostly watch Hollywood or Korean fare. Yao states that the decline of the moviemaking industry affects the formation of Taiwanese cultural consciousness and the output of cultural content. "This is an issue of cultural dignity."
1990 年代前，國片產量豐富，台灣娛樂產業原本在華人世界居於領導地位，然而現在觀眾看的都是好萊塢電影和韓國片，姚文智說，電影工業的衰退影響到台灣文化意識的建構和文化內容的產出，「這是文化尊嚴的問題」。