Filmmaker Joko Anwar stayed true to his vision for his Indonesian horror film “Impetigore” — so much so that when he found the perfect village to film in, the lack of infrastructure — yes, even a running toilet — didn’t stop them.
Instead, they just built what they needed, and left it for the villagers to enjoy.“We spent three months looking for a village that can resemble the village in the script,” Anwar told TheWrap during the screening of his film for TheWrap’s Screening Series. “We met someone who hiked in the forest, and he said he stumbled upon this village cut off from the modern world.
The village was formed in 1941, made for workers who work in the plantation for the Dutch colonialists, and since then, they’ve lived there….
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