Turn It Back (Lewis Klahr)
Very Short Films
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2m 57s
Directed by Lewis Klahr • Animation • 2012 • 3 minutes
A feature-length melodrama compressed into just under three minutes, in which a quintessential '60s blonde discovers who she really desires.
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