''I Don't Hate Las Vegas Anymore'' is a 1994 documentary directed by

Caveh Zahedi Caveh Zahedi (; born April 29, 1960) is an American film director and actor. Early years Zahedi was born in Washington, D.C., to Iranian immigrant parents. He studied philosophy at Yale University. Upon graduation, Zahedi moved to Paris, Fr ...

Plot

The film follows Caveh Zahedi on a road trip to Las Vegas with his father and half-brother in an attempt to prove the existence of

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. He suggests that if God exists, and if God is indeed omniscient, omnipotent and omnibenevolent, then all the filmmaker has to do is roll the camera and let God direct the movie. In an attempt "to force God's hand" and change the direction of the film, Zahedi tries to persuade his father and half-brother to take

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with him. When they refuse, things quickly start to unravel.

Release and reception

The film won the Critics' Award at the

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, and was distributed on home video by World Artists. The film was issued on

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as part of a box set of Zahedi's collected works (through 2015) called ''Digging My Own Grave: The Films of Caveh Zahedi''.

References

External links

Caveh Zahedi's official website
* 1994 films 1994 documentary films Autobiographical documentary films Films directed by Caveh Zahedi 1990s English-language films {{bio-documentary-film-stub