A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth
Director Philip Haas and artist David Hockney invite you to join them on a magical journey through China via a marvelous 72-foot long 17th-century Chinese scroll entitled The Kangxi Emperor's Southern Inspection Tour (1691-1698), scroll seven . As Hockney unrolls the beautiful and minutely detailed work of art, he traces the Emperor Kangxi’s second tour of his southern empire in 1689.
Documentary
8.0
2 reviewsRuntime: 46 min.
Budget: N/A
Revenue: N/A
Release Date: 1988-03-18
Director(s): Philip Haas
Languages: English
IMDB: tt0164525
Criterion Channel
Kino Film Collection
