Mm2 presents an overall picture of experimental film in the Netherlands since 1960. Each and every film mentioned is an expression of an inquiring mentality that, for each film convention, poses the question whether or not it can be done differently. Just as photography did not make painting obsolete but instead imbued it with new artistic content, the ascendancy of the digital media has given film a new visual impetus. Liberated from the yoke of serving as a vehicle for a story or for actual information, the medium and the perception themselves can now be focal points. Mm2 contains a historical review, sixteen extensive interviews with authoritative experimental filmmakers and more than a hundred filmographies. The enclosed DVD, Cadavre Exquis, made by Anna Abrahams, documents the work and the working methods of five experimental film makers, thus providing an image of the diversity within contemporary experimental filming.
