A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth (1988)
46 min
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.
- Release date
- March 19, 1988
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Marc Wilkinson
Cast
- David Hockney as Self
Crew
- Philip Haas · Director
- David Hockney · Writer
- Philip Haas · Producer
- Marc Wilkinson · Composer
- Curtis Clark · Cinematographer
- Curtiss Clayton · Editor