Sometimes to make a little movie magic, all you need is Duke Ellington and an abandoned train station.
There was Daniel Masciari, a Brooklyn-dwelling budding filmmaker who was traveling to Ithaca, N.Y., via a Greyhound bus. During the journey, the bus stopped in the city of Binghamton. While stepping off the bus to stretch his legs, Masciari was listening to Duke Ellington’s song “Dusk” on his ear buds, and he found himself standing in front of a derelict train station.
And something clicked…