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Blu-ray

Fresh kill

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY (CEN)

Edition

Director-approved Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Sarita Choudhury, Erin McMurtry, Abraham Lim, José Zúñiga, Nelini Stamp, Will Kempe, Laurie Carlos, Rino Thunder.

Publication Information

[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2026]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (79 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet (color illustrations ; 16 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

"A disturbingly prescient ecofeminist parable and a brain-wave-scrambling cyberpunk fantasia, the debut feature from new-media pioneer Shu Lea Cheang merges a bold vision of resistance with an exuberant early-internet aesthetic. In a dystopian-chic New York where sushi joints and toxic-waste sites exist side by side, a lesbian couple turn to the hacker underground to solve their daughter's disappearance, in the process exposing a conspiracy involving corporate greenwashing and tainted fish. Swinging between outre satire and agitprop, Fresh Kill sounds the alarm about a capitalist system that pollutes everything from our waterways to our bodies to our minds."--Container.

Notes

Originally released as a motion picture in 1994.

Special features: New 4K restoration, supervised and approved by director Shu Lea Cheang and director of photography Jane Castle, with 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; new interviews with Cheang and actor Sarita Choudhury ; new program highlighting the 2024 theatrical rerelease of the film and Cheang's self-distribution ; discussion with Cheang for the film's thirtieth anniversary, moderated by scholar Jigna Desai, and presented by the Carsey-Wolf Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara ; LG Guggenheim Art and Technology Initiative profile of Cheang, recipient of the organization's 2024 award for artist achievement.

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