In order to shoot the first desert scene, Wenders traveled all over the border between the United States and Mexico, and finally found a place called "Devil's Graveyard" in Texas as a filming location.
Wenders's love of the road made the film spend a large part of the film depicting the landscape along the way. Originally, he wanted to make a film from Alaska through North America to Texas. But the screenwriter told him "you can find all of America in Texas", and he agreed with this afterwards. When shooting the film, he also used his camera to capture the scenery of the western United States, and a photography collection came out
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Regarding the ending of the film, the directors discussed whether to arrange a rebuilding of the family ending. The screenwriter Sam tends to let Hunter go with Travis, and the actors agree, especially the male star Stanton very much hopes that the family of three can be reunited. He opposed the arrangement of the protagonist leaving alone at the end of the film, and almost refused to end the filming. Director Wenders explained to him that the reason why the protagonist is a hero is because he has made heroic efforts—recognizing his true purpose. In the end, Stanton agreed with the director
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In fact, in addition to the ending when the film was released, the director also filmed the ending of Jane and Hunter's reunion with Super 8mm film. It ended with Travis watching this super 8mm film, showing Jane and her son living together. It implies that Jane and Hunter are ready to meet Travis. However, the last episode of the plot was cut off, because Wenders believes that ending the film with Travis’s departure is more important and true.
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