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β 7 Β· 2014 Β· 10m Β· Documentary
"I feel like a piece of neon, I'm just a gas inside a tube." β 'Christopher Doyle: Filming in the Neon World' is part of NEONSIGNS.HK β an online exhibition on Hong Kong's neon signs.
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