Tulse Luper is a fictional ornithologist, created by Peter Greenaway.

Character overview

Tulse Luper is mentioned in Greenaway's early films A Walk Through H: The Reincarnation of an Ornithologist, Vertical Features Remake, and The Falls, and appears as the major character in The Tulse Luper Suitcases. In this film, it is suggested that he is a fiction created by Martino Knockavelli, a childhood friend who feels responsible for his death in an accident.

Character analysis

In an interview given with salon.com, Peter Greenaway stated "Tulse Luper is a sort of alter ego created many years ago -- Tulse could be said to rhyme with the pulse in your wrist, and Luper is a corruption of the Latin for wolf. So how about "danger lurking at the very door of your life?"

External links

• Tulse Luper
• The Tulse Luper Journey - an online multiplayer game based on The Tulse Luper Suitcases project.