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100 Film Prtservation 1993
I think we have to have very specific standards on that. And I agree with everybody else on the panel that I'd like to share a standard in terms of where do we make that decision of what do we destroy and what do we keep. And there has to be some real standards of measurement Not just hearsay as to what those are. We've sort of just started with the Library to struggle with these issues in the last four or five months.
MR. MAYER: Fay, Fd like to make a comment No, we would not be happy if that were done. We also would not be happy to agree to pay a tab that we don't even know the size of. And there might conceivably be some position in between.
CHAIRWOMAN KANIN: Thank you.
MR. TABB: John?
MR. HELTON: Fve sort of been asked to ask a question, but it's my question really. Mr. Mayer, in your written testimony you used the term "national film bank." I wonder if you could talk a little bit about that and explain what you mean by the term, and how you think it might relate to our interests and the interest of the legislation that authorized this investigation here, this hearing.
MR. MAYER: One of the reasons, and the reason I mentioned it, of course, is that everybody talks about it from time to time. One of the reasons I brought it up is that I think it is part of what you're trying to accomplish. And that is, preserve our heritage. And there's not much tise in preserving our heritage if it's not accessible to the public you're preserving it for. We agree with that
The reason I mention it is that I find it to be such a practical problem. We have dealt with it There is no national film bank. However, there is a national demand for this sort of thing. And it's not being met And I'm hoping that through the testimony you gathered you might have some suggestions for it I have not sat down and at length tried to come up with how one could do such a thing and what the pros and cons of it might be.
However, I am in favor of it being studied. Tm in favor of your asking about it And Fm in favor or our commenting on it And among the comments we would have to make is that we realty don't see how it could be done, even though we think it's a good idea.
The one thing that doesn't work for us at all is to have the demands on us by the variety of archives of the United States and the world. And please understand that it is not easy for us to say yes to UCLA and no to the archives in Paris. Because we are in a worldwide business and every country has national archives, both television and theatrical. And they all want prints of everything. They certainly want prints of several