The fault, dear Brutus, lies not in our stars, but in ourselves...
VANILLA SKY Director: Cameron Crowe Cert.12
'When you have sex with someone your body makes a promise even if you don't.' David Aames is confronted with this striking piece of logic by Julie Gianni, a woman with whom he has had sex and who demands to know whether or not he is ready to make any promise to her. David replies positively but unconvincingly; Julie crashes the car they are travelling in meaning to kill them both. David survives, but with a horribly deformed face.
David feels guilty, but regrets much more the loss of a beautiful woman in his life. But then when you have a smile and bank account like his there's always another beautiful woman to take the place of the last one. Trouble is, the one he now has in his sights might just possibly be the girl of the dreams of his best friend. David wakes up in the gutter one morning, hung over and alone. He is unlikely to win Sofia with a twisted face. He cannot win Sofia and keep Bryan; maybe he will lose both. Maybe his life has never been so bad. Maybe there are no good possibilities open to him anymore. So maybe it would be much better if he could begin living the dream...