Fresh Kill Blu-ray is Shu Lea Cheang’s electrifying 1994 debut, a disturbingly prescient ecofeminist parable fused with brain-wave-scrambling cyberpunk fantasia. Set in a dystopian-chic New York where sushi joints and toxic-waste sites coexist, the film follows a lesbian couple (Sarita Choudhury and Erin McMurtry) who turn to the hacker underground after their daughter disappears, uncovering a conspiracy of corporate greenwashing and poisoned food systems.

Swinging between outré satire and agitprop, this director-approved edition from The Criterion Collection feels uncannily prophetic — sounding the alarm on a capitalist system that contaminates waterways, bodies, and even information itself. Fresh Kill remains a radical, urgent call to resistance.

Film Info
United Kingdom, United States
1994
79 minutes
Color
1.85:1
English
Spine #1310

directed by: Shu Lea Cheang
starring: Sarita Choudhury, Erin McMurtry
1994 / 79 min / English / 1.85:1

Fresh Kill [Blu-ray] w/o slip

$46.99

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DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION 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
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by artist and technologist Mindy Seu

Cover art
• New cover by Jillian Adel

Additional details
Label: The Criterion Collection
Edition: director-approved Blu-ray special edition
Region: Blu-ray region A
Audio: English 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio
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