The following year, for Stanley Kwan's film Rouge, he recreated the extravagant, self-indulgent nonstop-party ambience of 1930s Hong Kong, and began to develop a deep interest in the culture and arts of the past.
隔年在關錦鵬導演的《胭脂扣》裡，他再現 1930 年代香港歡場一片紙醉金迷的浮華情調，也開始對古典文化藝術產生濃厚興趣。