This is a movie of gleaming surfaces -- veteran DP Roger Deakins turns a glass skyscraper at night into a funhouse hall of mirrors, and a floating Macau casino is like an oasis in the black sea.

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In the newly-opened Marwa Tower mall, a gleaming structure of glass and steel skyscraper next to the Grand Mosque, you may find Puma trainers, Chanel fragrances, gold jewelry, mobile phones and dozens of other gadgets -- alongside religious books and traditional calligraphic art.

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The steel frame that once revolutionized the Chicago skyline was again seminal, though now no longer hidden on the inside of walls - the International Style was all about exposed metal and glass, and represents most people's image of the modern skyscraper.

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