Having worked in film for 22 years to substantial success but still never having sat in the director's chair, Chen realized that this was something he wanted to accomplish, and that he wanted to contribute a film of his own to the cinema world.
縱使在電影圈打滾 22 年，攝影成績也不遜色，但執掌導演筒，是他認為的「未竟」之事，也是對於自己獻身電影工業的一個交待。