He's Gotta Have It

But his art thrives on drama; perhaps he needs to keep imbalance in his life. After all, how do you make a living mining your own life if you have little worth mining? Certainly, his problems with sex constitute the most scintillating plot line he's had. In the end, the difficulties that helped scuttle his career may now raise it to the next level. Of course, Zahedi's version of sex isn't exactly regular Hollywood fare -- but at least it's honest.

"Most people," Yerba Buena's Joel Shepard says, "when they make films about themselves, it's a bunch of lies -- and his aren't."

Patrick Sabiston

Caveh Zahedi as an animated figure in Waking Life.

Paul Trapani

Caveh Zahedi on the set of I Am a Sex Addict

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Caveh Zahedi's show of 9/11-related film shorts (co-organized with Jay Rosenblatt), "Underground Zero," opens Wednesday, May 8, at the Roxie Cinema, the Fine Arts in Berkeley, and the Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.