harsens-rob's

Open Request: The Black Room (in case a 'search' comes across this)

2013-02-14T08:51:19Z

I happen to have an interest in movie reviewing, especially among the vlogs/blogs set. You'll know this if you've gone through my tags, or are an internet-friend of this page. The point though, is that I like this because (a) I get to compare/contrast how I felt about a film versus how others viewed it and (b) [and the point of this post] because I often find movies I've never heard of and didn't know existed, but find I want to see because someone wrote about them.

My current movie that I'd be very interested in seeing is called "The Black Room". This film has (as far as 'The Nasties Review' knows, and I'm not in any position to state he's wrong) not been made available on R1 [or any DVD] release yet. Just from the review that Mr. Glenn Criddle posted, I am very interested in checking out this film.

So -- If you happen to know who owns the current copyright, or [And Wouldn't That Be AMAZING] do own the copyright... please... release this flick as a DVD release. For region one, I'd recommend Anchor Bay or Criterion who both do generally excellent jobs with their presentation and their marketing of otherwise more obscure films of decades past.

This one looks like it might be unusual, but also of quality and I'd love to be able to see (and review) the film in full.

(VCR? BETA? LASERDISK? Whichever, it isn't a DVD cover.)

I also want to encourage ANYONE breezing by here to make a sort of unofficial meme of posting requests on your own sites for not-on-DVD requests. At this point in our electronic development, it is weird to think that there are films out there not on this format. We need to let the 'powers.that.be', which I'm sure are just as internet savvy as the rest of us - at least - with a search engine, know that there is interest in films of the past.

-- harsens-rob

Another Petition.

2009-07-07T00:24:11Z

I really don't know if this will do any good, but if you think that current Civil Rights laws at the Federal level should be expanded to gay citizens - feel free to sign.

http://www.thepoweronline.org/

Assisting Big Cats....

2008-09-17T21:13:07Z

Hey, everyone...

I just wanted to post this site so those interested could petition the Indiana state government to take action to rescue some big cats that are being held in an "animal reserve" which, unfortunately, is nothing of the kind.
First for more information, visit www.bigcatrescue.org for a true 'big cat reserve'.

There is an article in Fall, 2008 'Big Cat Times' by Diane Gustafson detailing what she describes as "deplorable" conditions that the cats live in at a facility called "Great Cats of Indiana". Self-describing as an "animal sanctuary", Ms. Gustafson describes the road side attraction as nothing more than a "road side zoo" in which the cats are given no room to roam and are in "facilities" that amount to nothing more than fenced in cages.

She has set up an on-line petition to urge the Secretary of Agriculture in Indiana to close down this facility and send these great cats to a true sanctuary. The petition is HERE.

Take a moment and sign it, won't you?

Rob