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.
Director: Philip Haas
Cast
David Hockney
Self
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Details
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release
- Mar 18, 1988
- Runtime
- 46m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Philip Haas