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 and occasional radio personality
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".