Wind Water stages a three-way dialogue between the cultures of China, Arabia and the West. Ruiz imagines what might occur if Shih T'ao's six procedures for attaining 'cosmic breath' in painting were applied to a flagship of Western art, Velazquez's Las Meninas. These cultures interact and test each other; the result is an insoluble dispute. No reconciliation or compromise is possible between them. Ruiz's images portray a world in tatters. Fergus Daly
- Director
- Raúl Ruiz
- Country of production
- United Kingdom
- Year
- 1995
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2004
- Length
- 4'
- Medium
- Betacam SP PAL
- Original title
- Feng Shui
- Language
- English
- Producers
- Illuminations Films, Keith Griffiths, Diane Freeman
- Sales
- Illuminations Films
- Screenplay
- Raúl Ruiz