Delis, arcades, and streets filled with drifters, pimps, drug dealers and prostitutes hypnotically pass by as he transports lost souls from place to place.And the bloody scene in the bathroom paid homage o Hitchcock""sPsycho (1960).Plot SynopsisDay One (Wednesday):The film opens, under the credits, with a bird""s-eye view of Union Square in downtown San Francisco during a busy lunch ime on a sunny day in December [later identified as December 2nd, 1 PM].Befitting classic tragedy (partly inspired by Shakespeare""s melodrama/tragedyRomeo and Juliet) in an arching pattern, he narrative film is neatly divided into five acts:the exposition of the dysfunctional conflict between parents and children - all three children are experiencing serious problems due to a lack of a father figureinteraction between the teenage characters, both befriending and tauntingthe climactic challenge of the daredevil ""chickie run""the peaceful and loving, but transitory denouement following the fatal challengeand the final tragedy of the last act when the three young people are brought together and only two survive to enter into adulthood and maturityThe 2005 book,Live Fast, Die Young: The Wild Ride of Making Rebel Without a Causeby authors Lawrence Frascella and Al Weisel, documented many of the gossipy rumors and truths about the film""s making and its principals, including such facts as: 43 year-old director Nicholas Ray and youthful upcoming actor Dennis Hopper were both sleeping with 16 year-old Natalie Wood, he choreographed on-screen knife fight (with real knives) drew actual blood, Natalie Wood was replaced by an extra for the long-shot view of her signaling the start of the chickie-run, and all three iconic red jackets used by James Dean in the film have disappeared.Outside, Chase told Bruce: "Your secret is safe.He is definitely a wacko." He thanked her for her counseling help: "Thank you for giving me a new dream" and they kissed.The film ended with Batman and Robin - silhouetted with the Bat-Signal behind them - running toward the camera until the image filled to complete black.