Yet there are contradictions. The quest for pristine copies can foster a purist gatekeeping that ignores the ways films live differently across devices and contexts. A movie watched on a cheap tablet in a cramped commute can be as meaningful as a 4K restoration viewed on a calibrated OLED in a darkened room. Quality is not the sole arbiter of value; accessibility, context, and who gets to tell the story of a film’s significance matter too.