Caveh, I loved the movie. Cant wait to see what's next!!
Hey,
I live in Orlando, FL (out-of-the-way place?) and I have been trying to find your DVD locally. I don't know if all these places are out of stock or if they never had it. I've found it online of course but I just think it's a little odd that no one has the dvd in their stores here locally.
Maybe we are out-of-the-way.
Well, here I come Amazon!
And please, don't hold Roger Moore against us here in Orlando. He thinks he's more clever than he really is.
I recently watched the DVD and I wanted to say that it was a great movie, I was totally able to identify with the situation and feelings of conflict and complete hopelessness.
I've been thinking about checking locally into a SAA but was always skeptical of what type of people I may find and rationalizing to myself that I am not nearly as messed up as some people out there. Your movie has given me a courage to check things out and seek further personal clarification into my own being.
Thank you for that and for such a great film.
It seems -- after reading "Slings & Arrows" in 'FilmComment' that any negative review of Caveh Zahedi's work is 'inane' and devoid of journalistic standards. Bascially, if a reviewer likes his film -- then that reviewer "gets it." If you didn't like the film -- or in the case The New York Times writer Nathan Lee, write some passages about things in the film that were not good -- then again -- that reviewer just doesn't understand Mr. Zahedi's 'genius.' What are reviewers suppose to write? That this film is the next best thing since Schindler's List, The Bicycle Thief, Vertigo, Citizen Kane? I'm not sure what Mr. Zahedi was expecting. The movie is in every Blockbuster store around ... easily available and he was able to tell his story -- a thing many other more talented filmmakers wish they had.
I enjoyed your film & DVD extras so much, and I wanted to tell you. At first, I rented your DVD simply because you (on the cover photo) are the spitting image of my Portuguese ex, the one I'm still romantically fixated on 24/7. Your film reminded me very much of the sordid twists & hopeful turns in our separate lives of womanizing & sex work addiction, and I found your story & the "searching & fearless" way you told it deeply touching, insightful, intimate, & therapuetic. Congratulations, good luck on your next projects, & much love.
I had to let you know somehow that your outtake scenes on the Sex Addict DVD were the most involuntarily riveting thing I've seen in months. Thanks for making me sit up and pay attention (and howl with laughter alone in my living room). You are infectious.
I had never heard of you or your films. I was compelled to rent I Am a Sex Addict the other night. I didn't know why - but God had a hand in it. I have been suffering for two weeks. The most incredible relationship of my life ended abruptly - leaving me stunned, depressed, not eating. Sex addicts have a way of making you think they're normal and you're not. I fell deeply in love with a man. We connected on every possible level. Sex was phenomenal. The downslide of the relationship was subtle and insidious...he began telling me he fantasized about a different woman everytime we made love. Okay...I was cool with that. As long as it's in the realm of fantasy - anything goes. Then we'd be out and he'd start making comments about women in restaurants, women standing in line in front of us to purchase movie tickets, etc.. and how we should use them in our fantasies later on. Okay...no problem. He told me how much he adored me for letting him be honest - how much closer he felt to me than any other woman. He told me he loved me. I was thrilled. Three days later, once again under the guise of "honesty", he confessed that a friend of his gave him the phone number of a woman in DC. He guaranteed she would give him the best blow job of his life. He called her. Ideally, however, he would like me to watch. I threw him out of the house. He showed up begging forgiveness, I took him back. He picked a ridiculous fight and disappeared. I was left stunned - thinking maybe I didn't give him enough "freedom." After watching your movie I realized I was a drug. The more I gave him, the more he needed. There was no end to this cycle. Thank you Caveh. I feel so much better today. He's in a deep state of denial - I'm sending him your movie...
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.
Sir Winston Churchill
Caveh,
I thought this was a great quote to go hand in hand with your life's reflections.
hi caveh, as you know, I loved the sincerity and humor of S.A. ( saw it at the film festival in new york last year.) AND I love your work and your being. However, I rented the video last night & was able to see the extra features-- and was so disturbed to learn that you took e with Emily. I just can’t understand why you went to that realm with Emily. It just feels like such a betrayal to Mandy, and I am sincerely (without hostility or judgment) interested in how did you came out of that experience?!
best,
olivia
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