European Rico is a cool photographer who pretends he's a bigshot Hollywood director Other reality distortions include imagining New York is Paris, and thinking his camera is a gun. He cruises through the underground art scene shooting images even though he believes all photographers are liars. Rico's rich inner world of mission, fantasy and obsessions are magnified when he falls in love with the adorable Blondie, played by Debbie Harry. Rico romantic at heart but is uneasy with his escalating soft side. America's answer to France's Jean Luc Goddard, this film parallels the French movie Breathless, also in true cinema verite style.