Skip to content

Visionary of Cinema - Peter Greenaway (Director) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/28/2014
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

Join now to view geocache location details. It's free!

Watch

How Geocaching Works

Please note Use of geocaching.com services is subject to the terms and conditions in our disclaimer.

Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the given coordinates. The given coordinates are for the entrance to the Bevendean Reservoir, an underground water supply for the Bevendean Estate. You can not get to this entrance as it is behind a chainlink fence.

The reservoir is actually a large tank built into the hill, water is pumped up from treatment centres and stored here for use locally.


Peter Greenaway is possibly one of the most original filmmakers in British Cinema history. Greenaway draws much from the art world and it is said that he uses the camera in the same way an artist would use a paint brush. He claims that cinema or more precisely narrative cinema is dead. I won't go into all the debates here except to say it is an interesting one and I would urge anyone interested in the subject to look at his work and what he argues.

This cache is the second in a series celebrating Cinema that will gradually be placed to create a circular route around Bevendean, Falmer, and Woodingdean. You may wish to wait for the circuit to be completed or you may want to do them as they come out. I am putting these out gradually as I want to make these caches as unique as I can , I also hope that by putting them out intermittently that more people will get the opportunity to get a First to Find.

To find this cache study the images below (larger individual images are also available further below) and match the film stills to the titles in the list below the image. The number equal to the title is the value of the letter on the film still.

1=The Draughtsman's Contract

2=8 ½ Women

3=European Showerbath 4=Drowning By Numbers
5=The Pillow Book

6=The Cook, The Thief, His Wife And Her Lover

7=The Falls 8=A Zed & Two Noughts
9=H Is for House 10=The Belly of an Architect
11=Vertical Features Remake

12=Dear Phone

The cache can be found at

N 50° (I-F)(F-1).(D-E)(K-H)(L-C)

W 000° (F-1)(I-F).(J+B-E)(G-F)(A+G)

When you find the cache you will see a number, make a note of this number as you will need it for a future cache in the Cinema Series.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur - Tebhaqjbexf?

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)