H Is for House

1976 · 10 MIN · IMDB 6.6 · 728 VOTES · DIR. Peter Greenaway

Overview

Ostensibly, a film about a child's pictorial alphabet stuck on the letter H.

Dialogue Timeline — 129 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:02 A naturalist of very fixed habits followed the sun around his house.
00:00:18 At lunchtime, he ate on the terrace with his family
00:00:37 the naturalist couldn't change his habits
00:00:57 - R is for... - Robin.
00:01:23 H is for hen.
00:01:47 H is for haberdashery, hunting, halving, halfling
00:02:02 H is for hero. H is for Harris.
00:02:25 H is for harpsichord.
00:02:50 H is for hose pipe.
00:03:09 - B is for... - Blackberries. l like those ones.
00:03:27 - M is for... - Music.
00:04:10 H is for Hemiptera, Homoptera and Hymenoptera.
00:04:35 - L is for... - Ladder.
00:05:04 - H is for... - House.
00:05:39 H is for half past six, half past seven, half past eight
00:06:01 and the tree sparrow is common in many places
00:06:17 watched and waited for the approach of the city.
00:06:33 Her expectations and her anxieties, however fearful
00:06:51 whilst she was pouring tea.
00:07:07 with temporary buildings and disposable traffic.
00:07:26 Avoiding the dangerous glare of the day
00:07:41 groups of people sat out of doors in the evening looking westward.
00:08:04 Cynical observers began to look west in the morning
00:08:37 Go to bed.

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed129
Dialogue density12.9 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line00:08:37

Production Record

DirectorPeter Greenaway
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes728