This work depicts young people's outlook on life, full of sympathy and straightforward and proactive attitude towards life, showing outstanding perspective. The bored teenagers waiting to serve in the army wander around in life carelessly. The film almost completely abandons the twists and turns of the plot and the conflict between good and evil that were relied on in the past movies. Instead, it uses a large number of medium and long shots to focus on the depression and depression of teenagers without being overbearing. Changes in attitude towards life. Completely capturing the invisible tension emanating from human interaction and the resonance of the relationship between man and the environment. (Chengdu Commercial Daily)
The vigorous and uninhibited vitality and the real texture of the image give this movie an unfading charm; and Hou Hsiao-hsien's self-consciousness about sex, First of all, it means that he has since found his own narrative method: a highly realistic image style. "Fenggui" makes extensive use of long lenses and depth-of-field lenses. Those long, quiet gazes and the mise-en-scène in the attic patio where Ah Qing and the others live are the beginning of Hou Hsiao-hsien's style; this style will be reflected in his later works. , such as "Childhood Past" and "Sad City", were developed and perfected, and also provided him with the possibility to use images to witness changes in the times and history. (Sina)