A Day on the Grand Canal with the Emperor of China or: Surface Is Illusion But So Is Depth [458065] Released: 1988-03-18 Revenue: $0 Budget: $0 Profit: $0 Runtime: 46 mins Popularity: 0.7147 Vote Average: 8 Vote Count: 2 Overview: 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. Cast [1] David HockneySelf Trailers