Ive wrote on 04/12/2017 10:20:
> ... or "From Delft To Hong Kong"
> ... or "Another Girl With Earrings"
> 
> 
> I've tried to capture the mood and lighting of the early Wong Kar-wai 
> movies (and his brilliant cinematographer Christopher Doyle) multiple 
> times in the past - but without much success.
> 
> So here is another complete failure. I still can't get this Wong Kar-wai 
> feeling right. His combination of over-saturated but still smooth colors 
> - somehow sharp but soft at the same time is still outside of my reach.
> I'll try again in a few years.
> 
> And no, the girl is not meant to be a portrait of the young Maggie 
> Cheung - I was tempted to try that but somehow did feel it wouldn't be 
> appropriate.
> 
> In case you are not just looking at HER, you might also recognize the 
> Chinese interior from my TC-RTC entry "Praise Of Shadows" made a long 
> time ago.
> 
> -Ive
The eyes are really expressive!
Paolo

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