Tsai Ming-liang, another director who shoots Taipei, likes to capture the loneliness and estrangement of the city, which he ties into a neat package with no loose threads. In contrast, the audience finds the people of Taipei depicted in Yang's films approachable and the joy-filled, starry-eyed dreams of its young characters contagious.
若與同樣善於定焦台北的蔡明亮導演的作品相比，蔡明亮捕捉都會人孤寂、疏離的情緒絲絲入扣；而楊順清的台北人自有一份平易近人的親切，劇中年輕人浪漫、開懷的夢想很容易感染觀眾的情緒。