A Walk Through H

1978 · 41 MIN · IMDB 7.1 · 652 VOTES · DIR. Peter Greenaway

Overview

An anonymous narrator outlines a bizarre journey taken through "H", aided by a series of extraordinary maps, and his previous dealings with the mysterious Tulse Luper and the keeper of the bird house at the Amsterdam Zoo.

Dialogue Timeline — 493 lines

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00:00:49 Tulse Luper arranged these drawings for me
00:02:43 The second city was Canterlupis.
00:04:10 Fallbazz tried to curb the enthusiasm he had helped to pioneer.
00:05:35 That was obviously another Antilipe.
00:07:06 was an unrealised plan for a park at Staines, with a bandstand.
00:08:26 I hurried on. I was 161 miles from Astrogarth
00:09:58 I'd paid a lot for it.
00:11:37 There were enough possible routes to follow.
00:13:25 Map 28 was no fake.
00:14:45 I had no idea how to use it.
00:16:25 (wind)
00:18:10 a traveller created the territory as he walked through it.
00:19:48 When he was not collecting feathers
00:21:45 At the end of autumn, I was offered a job
00:22:55 until such time as I should need to use the map, like now.
00:24:05 He returned covered in dust.
00:25:26 She only looked surprised for a moment.
00:27:02 It has a strong similarity to map 48. The crosses are a later addition.
00:28:35 I took the route of the third alternative.
00:30:01 This map had been given to me by a charter-flight steward
00:31:22 and I left the territory it represented without regret.
00:33:04 (wind, geese call)
00:36:40 The maps offered alternative routes. Their magnanimity was not helpful.
00:40:28 Subtitles: IMS

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed493
Dialogue density12.0 lines / min
First line00:00:49
Final line00:40:28

Production Record

DirectorPeter Greenaway
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes652