Word: zahedi
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...Bobby lacks the eloquence and focus of Allen, haltingly explains how he intended to make a scripted film about a road trip to Las Vegas with his estranged father, George (Ali Zahedi) and half-brother, Amin (Amin Zahedi). But Bobby could not procure the funding and instead he grabbed this opportunity to create a film that proves the existence...
...premise is that if God exists, then he can simply let the omnipotent Almighty take over and Zahedi will film what He lets happen. He believes God will create a fulfilling reconciliation between Zahedi and his estranged father, who left Bobby and his mother when Bobby was young. But even from this onset, he confesses he fears this may not be enough, "It's gonna be okay, but I find myself worrying all the time...
...next scene opens on the day before Christmas in George's home in Los Angeles, where Zahedi's teenage half-brother Amin refuses to do the movie unless Zahedi pays him more money. A flustered Zahedi wavers between angry coercion and pleading persuasion, only to be saved by his father, who agrees to pay Amin out of his own pocket...
...Zahedi's inability to take control of his belligerent little brother illustrates another problem inherent in this movie. Zahedi purports to let God direct his film, but when he does strive to control a situation, he cannot. His insecurity as a person and a director hampers him from asserting his rights as the co-director) (God is billed as the other co-director) and member of this family...
...Zahedi's problem is two-fold: he can't let go of control when he wants to, but when he does consciously attempt to take over, he fails. The audience experiences both these inabilities on the trip to Vegas. In the car, Bobby panics because to the evident lack of interesting events. He decides to reenact a scene where Amin yells at George, abandoning his entire premise for the movie. But the reenactment sounds contrived and Bobby despairs. The bumpy and tire-some car ride finally ends in their Las Vegas hotel suite...