The film has some parallels with the Sopranos. While many viewers of both are expecting climatic action, the authors are simply following the protagonists journey through life and its slings and arrows. In the Sopranos, we got to see Junior progress into elderly age just as we see Noodles do the same. We witness the changes in them, their old companions, even the physical urbania they used to haunt. But also in both, we get to see the consequences for the sins they have committed.

I always thought though that the ending of America was a little like the ending of 2001 - a little enigmatic.