A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist

by Peter Greenaway

The camera enters a museum of an European capital. There is only a receptionist sitting at a table, reading, and there are 92 drawings hanging on the walls, of small dimensions and of different materials. While the camera gets closer to the drawings, a voice over starts speaking. He is the person who collected those drawings, so that they can be of use after the death of a mysterious character named Tulse Luper. A wander, adrift, in space and time through the vision of ten maps, showed in an imaginary art gallery. Reality as a combination game between numbers and phantasy.
Country: Gran Bretagna
Year: 1978
Running time: 41'
Genre: fiction
Screenplay: Peter Greenaway
Cinematography: Bert Walker, John Rosenberg
Music: Michael Nyman
With: Jean Williams
Produced by: BFI