âMidnight In A Perfect Worldâ director Dodo Dayao: âGenre films give you aesthetic wiggle room to literalise impossible ideasâ
The Filipino filmmaker talks putting a different spin on stale horror tropes, not spoon-feeding the viewer and more
Jasmine Curtis Smith in Midnight In A Perfect World. Credit: Geric Cruz
Heâs the toast of Manilaâs independent horror cinema, but for Dodo Dayao, the dreaded sophomore slump was as debilitating as the unspeakable spooks heâs projected to the screen. After the critical success of his 2014 debut feature
Violator â which won Best Film at Cinema One Originals â the filmmaker set out to do something âas far away from it as possibleâ. And when an attempt at such started fizzling out, he says, âI was in a mild state of panic.â