My 2 Weeks of Free Netflix

How about five movies I've never seen before? And I get to see them for free? I'll start with the most obscure and most unlikely to even find.

-Zorn's Lemma (1970) Structuralist film made by avant garde filmmaker Hollis Frampton. The film is based off this statement "Every non-empty partially ordered set in which every chain (i.e. totally ordered subset) has an upper bound contains at least one maximal element." Whatever that may mean, I've heard this film is one of a kind. Apparently it is completely unavailable on video and the only copies remaining are private 16mm and 35mm copies. Due to the rarity as well as legend behind this film, I'd like to see it... and for free as this scenario dictates.

-Le Voyage dans la lune or Voyage to the Moon (1902) This film is one of the first trick films. I am completely fascinated by the cinema of attractions that existed before the sound revolution during the 20's. These movies were the great grandfathers of today's cinema. They are simple, almost innocent in the use of the technology at their disposal, yet they still manage to captivate the audience. I haven't seen this particular film, but this selection is more of a blanket choice to cover all the cinema of attraction films that will never be seen because they were never preserved. Cellulose nitrate goes up in a flame when someone practically mentions fire around it. The only reason we have the films we have today is because somebody had the good idea of printing each and every single frame on a non-degradable card stock and filing it into the Library of Congress.

-Le Roman de Renard (1940) This film is a feature length stop motion story about a medievel fable where the moral goes something like this: "Each man has his price, even the king, and if you can't beat the fox, appoint him as your minister so he's at least on your side." This movie will never be shown in the US because during the time it was made, the animator was living in Paris under Nazi rule. The funding for this film came from Nazis, and a law states that no films supported by the Nazis can be shown in the US. However, this film is a milestone in animation. Its creator, Ladislaw Starewicz is a personal hero of mine whose dedication to the craft of stop-motion animation sets him high on the charts of true filmmakers.

-Bloodsucking Freaks (1976) No reason really. Just heard a lot about this.

-Maltese Falcon (1941) If I could see a pristine copy of this film on the big screen in a nice private theater, I think I would be in heaven. I've never seen anything about this film, so this is all speculation, but I think this would be one of the most satisfying movie-going experiences one could ask for.