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Fun, And a Very Serious Look at Family
Zahedi claims he is trying to prove the existance of God through the making of this film.God is to guide the film and make it good through His presence.This sensibility connects to Zahedi's interest in family togetherness (with his father and half-brother).Zahedi's ineptness makes the film better; whatever deserves credit for making this a 'good' film, it made sure to portray the real divisions between family members and how those divisions are present even in very ordinary situations.Zahedi's brother is so obviously a teenager of his time (complete with a Colorado University hat) that it really adds to the fun as well.

I Don't Hate Las Vegas Anymore
This film is so entertaining and true to life. It takes you through the winding roads of family life as it changes from one generation to another. Most of all it magnifies the gap that often exists between immigrantparents and thier American children. A must see for those who like a doseof how funny family reality can be.

This is Brilliant, Hilarious Filmmaking!!!!!!
Caveh Zahedi's "mocumentary" is about tkaing a trip to Vegas with his father, a first-generation Iranian immirgant, and his little brother. He has always felt alienated from his family so he decides tobring a film crew from UCLA film school to film the trip. He wants to feellove with his father and brother, so he asks them to take ecstacy with himso that they can have a pure, loving trip together. The father has a heartcomdition and the little brother cites the mantra he's been taught atschool: "just say no". Caveh's angst-ridden musing is amazing...the film is maddening and sad and funny and you should see it. ... Read more

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Beginning with a chance encounter in a campus elevator, this boy-meets-girl comedy by Greg Watkins and Caveh Zahedi chronicles the romantic crush a film student (Zahedi) has on a shy artist (Erin McKim), documenting his multiple, urgent attempts at securing a date. Getting his feet wet, Zahedi awkwardly holds her umbrella while she studies for an exam; in another sequence, he brings her a flower--day after day, but she's never around to receive it. Each attempt to impress her winds up a painful--if beautiful--failed gesture. In true schlemiel fashion and sticking with the surface realism of the film--real-time action, real-life participants, and third-person documentary-style photography--the hero is allowed no bag of tricks. Each method falters, and he suffers a Chaplinesque pratfall. But while the prospects of the protagonist dwindle, he also gains from the perspective of a pressing, difficult experience. Don't let the familiarity of the story's formula (nice guys don't get laid) or the hero's sweetness (nerd in search of a girlfriend) fool you; the underlying dramatic tensions in the film are love and infatuation and how very hard it is--when we're being honest--to tell the difference between the two. Read more

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Interesting
Hard to believe that, at one time, Zahedi was part of the Independent film revolution.He's not part of that any longer, as he's gone in a different direction (an uncompromising one), a direction I for one find more interesting than the usually contrived independent films that we see today.
One of the great American Independent films ever!!!
Zahedi's film is one of the most emotionally complex viewing experiences of the last two decades. He shows us how we all have many sides to our personality. The brilliance of the film lies in the varying tonal qualitiesof the scenes. You can never simply dismiss a scene as funny or angry.There are layers upon layers of tones subtly moving around so that you arecontinuously re-evaluating your relationship to the film. Everyone I haveintroduced this film to has loved it! ... Read more

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Interesting But Not Particularly Engaging
I find Caveh's honesty affecting.I cannot admit to myself certain flaws in my character; Caveh puts everything wrong and wonderful about himself on screen.This film is an interesting look at an idea quickly abandoned (one minute of each day of one year filmed), in which the essence of the idea remains (we see the progress of a year in a very perfunctory, but not uninsightful, way).The movie is more interesting to remember than to watch, though.It was particularly interesting for me to see the little pleasures in life being represented straightforwardly (Caveh's awful dancing to a song that he likes, etc.).
painful
"In the Bathtub of the World" is neurotic and painfully boring.

a great experience
This is certainly a film that will appeal to some more than others. I personally found it to be one of the best studies of a film maker's persona that I have ever seen. I enjoyed every moment of the year 1999 set with Caveh and Mandy. ... Read more

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I Was Possessed by Caveh Zahedi
More than a film, better than a trip to church, Caveh Zahedi's short film I WAS POSSESSED BY GOD is a new kind of cinematic experience, one that doesn't lead you by plot or by physical events but asks you to pay close attention to the almost subliminal changes of mood, consciousness, and expressions that play across Caveh's extremely malleable and expressive little body as he explicitly and desperately yearns for something higher than himself ... via psychedelics. But this is far from simply being a "let the camera roll on a trip" movie -- as I watched this film, it slowly dawned on me that the careful editing of the piece was beginning to create a structure that is as subtle as it is enlightening.Once you have tuned into his mind-state, watching Caveh go through his own doubts, fears, feelings, and desires becomes as much your own trip as his.

I Was Possessed by Caveh Zahedi
More than a film, better than a trip to church, Caveh Zahedi's short film I WAS POSSESSED BY GOD is a new kind of cinematic experience, one that doesn't lead you by plot or by physical events but asks you to pay close attention to the almost subliminal changes of mood, consciousness, and expressions that play across Caveh's extremely malleable and expressive little body as he explicitly and desperately yearns for something higher than himself ... via psychedelics. But this is far from simply being a "let the camera roll on a trip" movie -- as I watched this film, it slowly dawned on me that the careful editing of the piece was beginning to create a structure that is as subtle as it is enlightening.Once you have tuned into his mind-state, watching Caveh go through his own doubts, fears, feelings, and desires becomes as much your own trip as his. Transcendental Slave
Caveh Zahedi has long concerned himself with the massive task of capturing the existence of God on film. In his cult-classic, Read more

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