“Nothing can be contingent in the work of an infinite mind“. In Ted Fendt´s second feature Classical Period, Cal, Chris, Evelyn, Sam and Michael have regular meetings to dissect Henry Longfellow´s translation of Dante´s “Divine Comedy“. Their conversations engage in a communal stream of infinite consciousness. Fendt shows a talent for delivering a deadpan joke with biting irony by slicing through the web of a dense performance with a bone-dry relief. In the end Classical Period is not so much about literature as it is about human life and its relations, discussing humanism in its visual and physical essence.

2018 | 63' | 16mm | EN spoken, no subs

Interviews with Ted Fendt:
Berlin Film Journal
Cinema Scope

Infinite Minds: The Cinema of Ted Fendt 1:
https://amsterdamalternative.nl/agenda/6723