A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth

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

Written by

David Hockney

Music

Marc Wilkinson

Released

18 March 1988

Genres

Documentary