This special limited edition spot gloss and embossed slipcover (designed by Adam Maida) is limited to 2,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.
Circle Collective formed in June 2019 in order to provide a new avenue for and community around creative distribution as an artist-forward, feature film marketing and distribution consulting agency. In partnership with OCN, Circle Collective will begin to release contemporary indie cinema across a variety of genres and origins onto physical media, maintaining the same artist-forward perspective as in their theatrical campaigns. Vinegar Syndrome’s sister company, OCN Distribution, is thrilled to be representing this diverse and unique home video line!
A charming, vulgar, reimagining of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Teorema:
A refugee emerges from a suitcase on the bank of the Thames—one of several identical men appearing across the city. Disguised as a homeless man, he infiltrates an upper-class household by befriending the maid, who claims he is her nephew. The family then hires him as a live-in servant. As in Teorema, the Visitor engages intimately with each family member - the encounters portrayed through explicit scenes. These interactions spark profound sexual and spiritual transformations within the household.
directed by: Bruce La Bruce
starring: Bishop Black, Macklin Kowal, Andy Kingsmill
2024 / 101 min / 1.78:1 / English DTS-HD MA 5.1
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Overall rating: 4.2391305 / 5 from 46 reviews.
The Visitor is a limited edition Blu-ray featuring a sensual and provocative reimagining of Pier Paolo Pasolini's Teorema by Bruce LaBruce. It includes special features such as a video essay, behind-the-scenes footage, and a booklet with a new essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas. Available exclusively on the Circle Collective website and select indie retailers.
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"This release concerning an unconventional family whose live is turned upside down with the arrival of strange visitors to our planet is a drama only Bruce LaBruce can deliver. A perfect pairing with L. A. Zombie if ever there was one."
"The Visitor (2024) is a moody, genre‑bending drama–fantasy–horror film that uses a simple premise—a mysterious refugee entering an upper‑class London household—to explore desire, identity, and the disruptive power of an outsider. It’s directed by Bruce LaBruce and features Bishop Black in the central role."
"Sitting happily next to Miike's Visitor Q in my library, another riff on Teorema, The Visitor explores familiar ground for LaBruce. Witty, explicit, arch, and political. If John Waters is 'the pope of trash' then LaBruce is certainly the uncle of the dirt bag left. Certainly LaBruce is slightly more interested in the erotic than the shocking, and seeing the political knitted into the body and it's capacity for pleasure, wherever that body is from, is a refreshing approach to the sad reinforcing of national boundaries. Marks off for no subtitles though."
"I was thinking the production would be a little higher but overall it was great. It’s a unique film and the transfer is solid."
"Badly acted and strange but somewhat compelling"
"Bruce LaBruce's trashy take on Saint Pasolini's TEORAMA. Quite rude, not for prudes, this will be sure to get lots of people's motors running!"
"I used to read Bruce La Bruce's music reviews in free alternative papers in the 90s and always enjoyed them and knew he had gone on to make films. I'd never seen them and thought I'd check his work out with the Visitor. I have to say this was a very eye-opening film! Very interesting and NOTHING like my normal fare. La Bruce is a fearless film maker. This release looks great and the extras are quite interesting."
"Beautiful and unique tone o"
"Blind buy because I love Bruce LaBruce and Teorema…"
"The Canadian icon gets an absolutely perfect release that is a must have for any collection."
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