Film
A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth
1988Directed by Philip Haas
Where to watch
Stream
- Criterion Channel
- Kino Film Collection
Free / with ads
- Kanopy
- Released
- Runtime
- 46m
About A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth
- Documentary
Synopsis
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
- Writer
- David Hockney
