A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth
March 18, 1988
46 min
NR
✓ Released 13970 days ago
Documentary
7.7
User Score
3 votes
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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.
Movie Info
Status: Released
Director: Philip Haas
Runtime: 46 min
Top Cast
David Hockney
Self
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