In the twilight zone, the grays are crisp. Men in charcoal suits, filmed in cavernous European spaces. All those extras at typewriters! Somewhere where production values are superior and the costs affordable, a place to nurse a black list, continue. Guilt is a driver, and a means to get Jeanne Moreau and Romy Schneider on your team. The ceilings are low, and the camera looks up from the ground, a toppled Ozu. Anthony Perkins seems so American in these surroundings,…

It's a poetic, humanistic microcosm. The last repair shop has a function-- to fix damaged, worn musical instruments in the LA Unified school district-- but it is full of life, and stories. There are four sections to the orchestra, and there is an expert profiled for each. The work on woodwinds, brass, piano, etc, but they are people with powerful backgrounds that led to their profession. And then there are the kids, who more briefly reveal how music serves as…