Lesson of the Universal fire - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com

Op-Ed Contributor - Lesson of the Universal fire - the film industry is built on the ephemeral. - Op-Ed - NYTimes.com: "This latest fire, I hope, will prompt Universal and its fellow majors to better preserve not just key titles like “Duck Soup,” “Dracula” or “Vertigo” — which will surely be reprinted and return to circulation — but also the other 90 percent of their inventories, the less famous and therefore more vulnerable titles that the studio may not feel justify spending thousands to save. These are exquisite samples of 20th-century American culture and deserve to always be seen in their extravagant, sensual, big-screen glory."