A director and a producer are working on the dossier of their new film, hoping to get funding from a potential investor. What happens next leads to questions about the dreams and realities of making their film.

A director and a producer are working on the dossier of their new film, hoping to get funding from a potential investor. What happens next leads to questions about the dreams and realities of making their film.

2008年7月的北京，在距奥运会开幕越来越近的日子里，上班途中的中国美术馆馆长的思绪并没有离开在2008年一月的敦煌艺术展……

人类经过发展，创造和控制了各种材料，并用它们打造出我们今天的世界。在本系列节目中，材料学家马克·麦道尼克将带我们进入神奇的材料世界并揭示一些隐藏在材料中的鲜为人知的秘密。

A French diplomat must escape an FSB plot in Siberia.

A French diplomat must escape an FSB plot in Siberia.

一个面积相当于一个大陆的国家,拥有13亿人口,如何去了解这样一个国度,以及塑造她的各种力量?探索中国的艺术无疑是最好的方法。中国山水中透出的宁静平和是古代诗人与画家的心灵港湾,凭借一个世纪以来考古学上的惊人发现,中国人凭借双手创造出的最引人注目的杰作从尘土中苏醒，中国古代艺术由此揭示了这个国家的文化之根。

一个面积相当于一个大陆的国家,拥有13亿人口,如何去了解这样一个国度,以及塑造她的各种力量?探索中国的艺术无疑是最好的方法。中国山水中透出的宁静平和是古代诗人与画家的心灵港湾,凭借一个世纪以来考古学上的惊人发现,中国人凭借双手创造出的最引人注目的杰作从尘土中苏醒，中国古代艺术由此揭示了这个国家的文化之根。

In this four and a half hour documentary or filmic tavelogue, Ulrike Ottinger tries to impart new ways of seeing a foreign culture. "In my previous films I have dealt with the themes of exoticism, minorities and their differing role behaviour within their own culture. Now I am interested in expanding this theme, in getting to know a 'real exoticism' in a foreign land and in a different culture. I am attempting to conduct a visual discourse with my camera about exoticism as a question of point-of-view. 　　In making the film, I was influenced by Chinese naturepainting: by the use of the scroll, which not only demands a different method of painting, but a different way of viewing - rolling out the scroll, focusing in on details, wandering to and fro, viewing piecemeal. So if I was filming a market square, for example, I'd pan very slowly and steadily across the square, rather than trying to capture the image in toto. 　　– Ulrike Ottinger

中国绘画艺术历史悠久，源远流长，经过数千年的不断丰富、革新和发展，以汉族为主、包括少数民族在内的画家和匠师，创造了具有鲜明民族风格和丰富多彩的形式手法，形成了独具中国意味的绘画语言体系，在东方以至世界艺术中都具有重要的地位与影响。