Short Stay and Ted Fendt’s DIY Stubbornness

Short Stay + shortsDirected by Ted FendtDecember 16-22 at Anthology Film Archives
In a time of shockingly bad faith—in cinema audiences and the electorate, and in anyone elected, and anyone considered the elect; in short, of everyone in everyone else—Ted Fendt is a loyalist. His three short films and one feature have all been shot by the same cinematographer, Sage Einarsen, on 16mm film. Broken Specs, Travel Plans, Going Out, and the 61-minute Short Stay all share a non-actor cast,