The film expresses this story full of humor and alienation through several small life scenes. Influenced by Wenders, Jarmusch embodies the sense of alienation most vividly. The embarrassment of silence between characters, awkward conversations without resonance, the identity of the first generation of American immigrants, and a series of boring life fragments exude a strong atmosphere of embarrassment and nihilism. Shady transitions are used between scenes. This stern style is often seen in European films. Jarmusch's influence by European film culture is visible to the naked eye. The decadent and nihilistic body of the characters in the film also has the texture of the new wave. The combination of two men and one woman, and the three people driving in the car, reminds people of "Outlaws".
When Willie communicated on the phone with his aunt, he emphasized that he should not speak in his native Hungarian dialect but in English. When he first met his sister Ava, who flew from Budapest to New York, USA, he disliked her and told Ava not to speak English in her hometown. Willie continues to reinforce his American identity, starting with language. It was his first, and easiest, step toward realizing the American Dream. (It is said that John Laurie and Van Persie are too similar from appearance to body to body......)
The siblings stayed in a cramped, dilapidated room, watching boring TV from morning to night. Willie explains to Ava what a quarterback is in football, but Ava doesn't understand it, she just thinks the game is stupid. Willie eats "tv meal", this kind of fast food to eat while watching TV, convenient, fast, and do not need to wash dishes...... This is the point that impresses him the most...... .The American fast food culture affects everyone's catering culture under the influence of the cultural industry. Willie hangs out with his friend Eddie, Willie doesn't want to bring Ava, and Eddie seems a little bit interested in Ava... Eddie, the good guy, contributes most of the film Humor. He's a perfect match for the grumpy, decadent Willie. Willie gave Ava a cute dress as a present, but Ava is a cool girl who listens to "I put a spell on you" all the time.... She secretly wears the dress of course. The dress was taken off and thrown into the trash... But there were also moments of tenderness between them, like Ava buying Willy his favorite "television meal"... which made Willie smile rarely .
The second half of the film arrives in Cleveland a year later. This is where Ava and her aunt live, and the story starts to get absurd. Willie and Eddie start their vacation with the money they've won at the poker tables. They played cards with their aunt and kept losing, and it seemed that they weren't so bad as to deceive their family. Willie, Eddie, Ava and the male colleague who pursues Ava are watching a movie and eating popcorn in the cinema. The picture is very embarrassing. The three people stopped and watched by the icy and snowy Lake Erie, shivering, and the unsightly scenery was as blurry as their lives.
At the end of the trip in Florida, Willie and Eddie leave Ava in a hotel room for gambling on dogs. Ava is very disappointed with the bad trip. As a result, they lost penniless, and Ava, who was walking alone, got a huge drug deal because Zhuangshan was used as a trader... Willie and Eddie won the money back by betting on horses Only to find that Ava had already left and left some money and a farewell letter. Ava was hesitant to ask at the airport for information on a flight to Budapest. Willie and Eddie rushed to the airport. Willie bought a plane ticket to Budapest and planned to persuade Ava from the plane, but he never returned, leaving Eddie to wait alone. And Ava returned to the hotel room. She did not leave the United States, but accidentally sent her cousin to Budapest......
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