7's path to box-office success was related to the Hollywood 'vacuum,' "says Robert Chen, an assistant professor in the Department of Radio and Television at National Chengchi University." But as far as the Taiwanese film industry is concerned, this was accidental, not inevitable. "
「《海角七號》的走紅，與好萊塢生產機制的『真空期』有關；就台灣的電影產業結構來說，這是偶然，不是必然，」研究電影產業的政治大學廣電系副教授陳儒修說。