Hou's City of Sadness won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1989, and back home it nearly outstripped the box-office record held by Jackie Chen for his action pictures.
民國七十八年，侯孝賢的「悲情城市」勇奪威尼斯影展金獅獎，載譽歸國後，造成差點打破成龍動作片賣座紀錄的票房震撼，沈寂已久的評論界又呈現熱絡的辯論。