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Chapter 2 CrashRed Route - An intersection in Boyle Heights
Lucha and Jamson exchange information in the aftermath of their accident.
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Chapter 4 Lucha's Quinceañera SongRed Route - Mariachi Plaza, Boyle Heights
Lucha remembers the day she left her childhood behind.
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Chapter 6 Jameson PortraitYellow Route - The 2nd Street Tunnel, Downtown Los Angeles
Jameson contemplates the multifaceted nature of his personality.
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Chapter 7 The ReunionYellow Route - A Rehearsal Studio in the Arts District
Lucha and Jameson connect at Lucha's performance of Orpheus and Eurydice.
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Chapter 8 First KissRed Route - Hollenbeck Park, East Los Angeles
Romance blooms on Lucha and Jameson's first date.
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Chapter 9 Angel's PointGreen Route - Angel's Point, Elysian Park
Lucha and Jameson share a passionate physical experience.
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Chapter 11 The Floating NebulaGreen Route - The Corn Fields, Los Angeles State Historic Park, Chinatown
The metaphysical peak in Lucha and Jameson's love.
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Chapter 12 WeddingYellow Route - City Hall, Downtown Los Angeles
On their wedding day, Lucha gives Jameson a fateful gift.
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Chapter 14 The Phone Call, Part 1Red Route - Traversing between the Arts District and Boyle Heights
Lucha receives a mysterious phone call from a voice she seems to recognize.
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Chapter 17 Orlando's FairwellRed Route - Evergreen Cemetery
Before leaving Los Angeles, Orlando pays his last respects to his wife.
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Chapter 18 Interlude (Car Wash)Green Route - AirStream Trailer, Elysian Park
Reflect on the impact of a location's geography on a person's psyche.
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Chapter 24 The Red NotebookRed Route - Utter darkness
In a state of darkness, Lucha is haunted by Jameson's red notebook.
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Chapter 25 The Other WomanYellow Route - The Bradbury Building, Downtown Los Angeles
Still submerged in darkness, Lucha dreams of Jameson's infidelity.
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Chapter 26 HadesGreen Route - Bowtie Parcel, Los Angeles River
Lucha descends to the underworld in search of Jameson.
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Chapter 28 Lucha and Orlando in LoveYellow Route - Historic Core, Downtown Los Angeles
After years apart, Lucha and Orlando reunite in Los Angeles.
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Chapter 33 Farewell From the Roof TopsRed Route - Rooftops, Toy Factory Lofts, Biscuit Lofts, Ito Building Tower, Arts District
Lucha makes peace with Jameson's disappearance.
Crash
Jameson: Jason Winfield
Harpist: Phillip King
Text by Jane Stephens Rosenthal
Music by Phillip King
Car and motorcycle sculpture by Danny Gonzalez and Manny Torres
Director’s Notes:
“Each route of Hopscotch featured eight chapters, and I wanted at least one on each route to feature the outside world invading the quiet of the car. On the Red Route it was this chapter –appropriately enough, the first meeting of Lucha and Jameson in a car crash.
Car Crash Songs
This pop and rock music phenomena emerged during hte 1960s when the number of people being killed in vehicle collisions was fast rising in many countries. Here are some illustrious car crash songs:
“Life in the Fast Lane,” The Eagles, 1973
“Detroit Rock City,” KISS, 1976
“A Sight for Sore Eyes,” Tom Waits, 1977
“Come Back Jonee,” Devo, 1978
“The Right Profile,” The Clash, 1979
“Leader of the Pack,” Twisted Sister, 1985
“There is a Light That Never Goes Out,” The Smiths, 1987
“Airbag,” Radiohead, 1997
“Through the Wire,” Kanye West, 2003
“Brought up That Way,” Taylor Swift, 2009
“Lucha and Jameson were outside in a parking lot, and the car with the ‘rubber-necking’ audience drove in circles around them. The audience viewed the scene in 360 degrees, and – thanks to the Sennheiser antennae mounted to the car – they got to hear the entire scene through the car speakers.
“This chapter introduced one of our many Cupid figures: accompanying the audience was Philip King, a beat-boxing harpist, who gave you the feeling that something bigger was happening than just a car crash.
“Because Chapter 1 and Chapter 3 are animations, I didn’t want the car and motorcycle to be too realistic – I thought they should be highly artificial, cartoon-like, as if they were a continuation of the animations. I was sure this would keep people from running frantically into the parking lot and saying, ‘Are you OK?!’ (Although that still happened once.) The wooden motorcycle reappears in Chapter 11; as a projection on the tunnel in Chapter 6; as a ghostly trace faraway on a tower in Chapter 33; and once as the real thing in Chapter 19.
“It was such fun choreographing the car’s path into the scene: when it first approaches the accident, it stops at a point that perfectly framed the actors in a frozen position. Jason as Jameson was in mid-fall with one hip on the ground – I’m still amazed he held that posture 24 times a day! Once the actors sprung to life, the scene began, and the car began circling them. I think it was the most cinematic scene in Hopscotch.”