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A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth (1988) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1988 · 46 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Philip Haas
- Starring
- David Hockney
Director Philip Haas and artist David Hockney guide viewers on a journey through China with the 72‑foot, 17th‑century scroll The Kangxi Emperor’s Southern Inspection Tour (scroll 7, 1691‑1698). As Hockney unfurls the detailed painting, he follows Emperor Kangxi’s southern inspection in 1689, revealing landscape, architecture and court life of era.
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