In a nightclub, reminiscent of a 1980s photo-novel, a band is playing requests. The texts play with pop clichés about life and true love. Until a dissatisfied customer can’t take it anymore and reveals the universal truth.
Direction
Kramer crafts a complete aesthetic universe in six minutes.
Costume
1980s photo-novel glamour that bleeds into camp horror.
Acting
The Entertainment delivers dead-eyed performance as weapon.
Director
Amanda Kramer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kramer shot this on a shoestring in Los Angeles before her feature Ladyworld premiered at SXSW.
The title's pun—musical requests versus emotional demands—collapses in Evans' breaking point where he refuses both.
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