Chen Kuo-fu, chief reviewer of Image Keeper Monthly explains: "With newspapers still under restrictions during the 1980s, cinema was both a part of the news media and the entertainment industry, and was thus a key means for intellectuals to challenge the newspaper ban."
現任影響電影雜誌社務總監的陳國富便表示：「在民國七○年代，因為還有報禁，電影兼具了傳播媒體與娛樂休閒的雙重功能，所以仍然是知識分子用來挑戰禁忌的關注媒介。」