Press Release Criterion Press Release: Girlfight (2000) (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[Ronald Epstein]

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Bullied by her father at home and feeling adrift at school, Diana Guzman (Michelle Rodriguez) finds refuge in an unexpected pocket of her native Brooklyn—a timeworn boxing gym, where she learns to channel her strength, discovers a sense of community, and falls for a rival fighter. In Karyn Kusama’s raw, understated feature debut, Rodriguez commands the screen with both tightly coiled intensity and deep wells of vulnerability as a young woman hitting back at society’s expectations and her own personal demons. Capturing the full emotional weight of Diana’s journey and the kinetic thrill of bodies in motion, Kusama crafts a singularly uncompromising story of self-realization.

FILM INFO​

• United States
• 2000
• 111 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• English
• Spine #1219

DIRECTOR-APPROVED BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES​

• New 4K digital restoration, supervised by director Karyn Kusama and director of photography Patrick Cady, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• Audio commentary featuring Kusama
• New interviews with Kusama, editor Plummy Tucker, and composer Theodore Shapiro
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by author Carmen Maria Machado
  
  New cover by Jillian Adel

May 28, 2004​

 

[Ronald Epstein]

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