Two Girls and a Guy (1998)

86 min. Director: James Toback. Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Frederique Van Der Wal, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Angel David, Heather Graham.

like Downey, the film is hyper-verbal

clothing designer Carla Bennett (Heather Graham)

Lou

delightfully theatrical New York loft

"Lying comes like breathing to you," Carla tells him

"The truth is that I meant everything that I said to each of you at the time I was saying it."

hypocritical, emotionally needy actor-singer who clings to his perceived triumph as Hamlet

Oedipal wreck

"You Don't Know Me"

DP Barry Markowitz