Directed by:
Shu Lea CheangCinematography:
Jane CastleComposer:
Vernon ReidCast:
Sarita Choudhury, George C. Wolfe, José Zúñiga, Will Kempe, Kate Valk, Alva Rogers, Rino Thunder, Ron Vawter, Mario TodiscoPlots(1)
Is Fresh Kill a truly visionary work or has simply nothing changed in the last thirty years? The story of a young lesbian couple whose child suddenly vanishes after having accidentally been fed contaminated fish is even timelier now. They find the multinational corporation responsible for the pollution and set about exposing it using cyber-criminal tactics. Hacker vs. Big Tech has since turned into the new normal – it’s just that the cyber warriors still have a lot more winning to do for us poor folks. The campy look of some interior sets like the sushi shop or the shopping carts-filled room still feels, for all its 90s aura, funky and to the point, as it splendidly clashes with unsavoury exteriors from the Fresh Kills Landfill in Staten Island, NY. Generally speaking, Cheang's aesthetics of accelerated contrast still hits a nerve with as much spiked anger as it did back then. Cheang’s attacks on the neoliberal reality in Fresh Kill go into more depth than her films since, I.K.U. (2000) and UKI (2023) in particular. There is no future in which Fresh Kill would cease to be a proud piece of cinema! (International Film Festival Rotterdam)
(more)Cast
Sarita Choudhury
UK
Best movies:
The House of the Spirits (1993)
A Perfect Murder (1998)
High Art (1998)
George C. Wolfe
USA
Best movies:
Garden State (2004)
The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
José Zúñiga
Honduras
Best movies:
Smoke (1995)
Constantine (2005)
Con Air (1997)
Will Kempe
Best movies:
Metropolitan (1990)
Pledge Night (1990)
Hit the Dutchman (1992)
Kate Valk
USA
Best movies:
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Alva Rogers
Best movies:
School Daze (1988)
Daughters of the Dust (1991)
Rino Thunder
USA
Best movies:
Hot Shots! (1991)
Miracle in the Wilderness (1992) (TV movie)
Beyond the Law (1993)
Ron Vawter
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Mario Todisco
Best movies:
Léon: The Professional (1994)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Miller's Crossing (1990)