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Feature film — 1988
A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth (1988)
7.70h 46mDocumentary
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.
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Director: Philip Haas
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David Hockney
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