Pearls Before Swine (film)
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Pearls Before Swine is a 1999 film by Australian director Richard Wolstencroft
that premiered at the Stockholm International Film Festival
in November 1999. The film portrays the life of a hitman
with an interest in such things as fascism
, S&M, collecting erotic literature, Doctor Who
, and philosophy
. The plot concerns the assassin being given a contract on a controversial author. The lead role in the film is played by musician, counter culture icon and political philosopher Boyd Rice
. The film's failure to gain acceptance into the Melbourne International Film Festival
inspired Wolstencroft to start the Melbourne Underground Film Festival
or MUFF as an alternative event. The film is available on DVD with Bloodlust, Wolstencroft's first feature in Europe and in the US as a stand alone package with a special Making of documentary. The films played at five overseas festivals and two Australian ones where it was considered a low budget film dealing with many of the same issues as Fight Club
. Jorn Rossing Jensen at the Stockholm film festival called it " A Clockwork Orange for the new Millennium" (the same quote was used about Nicolas Winding Refn's recent film "Bronson") and Michael Helms called it "Deep, Dark and Aberrant".
Richard Wolstencroft
Richard Wolstencroft is an Australian filmmaker, film festival director, former nightclub promoter, writer, cinema critic, cultural and political commentator...
that premiered at the Stockholm International Film Festival
Stockholm International Film Festival
The Stockholm International Film Festival is an annual film festival held in Stockholm, Sweden. It was launched in 1990 and has been held every year in the second half of November...
in November 1999. The film portrays the life of a hitman
Hitman
A hitman is a person hired to kill another person.- Hitmen in organized crime :Hitmen are largely linked to the world of organized crime. Hitmen are hired people who kill people for money. Notable examples include Murder, Inc., Mafia hitmen and Richard Kuklinski.- Other cases involving hitmen...
with an interest in such things as fascism
Fascism
Fascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood...
, S&M, collecting erotic literature, Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
, and philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
. The plot concerns the assassin being given a contract on a controversial author. The lead role in the film is played by musician, counter culture icon and political philosopher Boyd Rice
Boyd Rice
Boyd Blake Rice is an American experimental sound/noise musician using the name of NON since the mid-1970s, archivist, actor, photographer, author, member of the Partridge Family Temple religious group, co-founder of the UNPOP art movement and current staff writer for Modern Drunkard...
. The film's failure to gain acceptance into the Melbourne International Film Festival
Melbourne International Film Festival
The Melbourne International Film Festival is an acclaimed annual film festival held over three weeks in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1951, making it one of the oldest in the World....
inspired Wolstencroft to start the Melbourne Underground Film Festival
Melbourne Underground Film Festival
The Melbourne Underground Film Festival was formed out of disagreements over the content and running of the Melbourne International Film Festival...
or MUFF as an alternative event. The film is available on DVD with Bloodlust, Wolstencroft's first feature in Europe and in the US as a stand alone package with a special Making of documentary. The films played at five overseas festivals and two Australian ones where it was considered a low budget film dealing with many of the same issues as Fight Club
Fight Club (film)
Fight Club is a 1999 American film based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Chuck Palahniuk. The film was directed by David Fincher and stars Edward Norton, Brad Pitt and Helena Bonham Carter. Norton plays the unnamed protagonist, an "everyman" who is discontented with his white-collar job...
. Jorn Rossing Jensen at the Stockholm film festival called it " A Clockwork Orange for the new Millennium" (the same quote was used about Nicolas Winding Refn's recent film "Bronson") and Michael Helms called it "Deep, Dark and Aberrant".