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NEW YORK _ Like the characters in many of his movies, Martin Scorsese is a man with a burning obsession. Fortunately, unlike most of his characters, the celebrated film director's obsession is a noble one: the preservation of his art form.
His passion was ignited at a screening of ``Niagara'' and ``The Seven Year Itch'' at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in the '70s.
Though the prints were the best available _ they'd come directly from the studio vaults _ Scorsese was shocked to see that they were irretrievably faded.
``I made it through about 10 minutes (of `The Seven Year Itch'). You could hardly see the actors' eyes, so you lose the expression, you lose the ...