Pompo the Cinephile Review

Nothing like a good film to enlighten the creative process.

Pompo the child prodigy film producer and director is quite a household name in Nyallywood, despite her talent, she only prefers to make B-Movies, after challenging her assistant Gene Fini to edit a trailer for her film "Marine", Gene's skills at editing prompts Pompo to make Gene direct the next film "Meister" about a washed up composer whose heart is healed by a young girl in Switzerland.
Pompo casts legendary actor Martin Braddock with new actress Natalie Woodward in the two roles and lets Gene get on with it.
The film production goes smoothly initially but Gene unhappy that the film is missing a vital scene calls for one more take, threatening to derail the film, prompting an old high school friend in the banking industry to step in, with only editing left Gene finishes his first film.
If I would choose a tone for this movie, it's a bit erratic, granted all the editing techniques used to transition scenes and move everything along feel right at home in a film about making films but you rarely get a quiet moment to reflect on what you've just witnessed, thankfully the strong characters more than keep the film on the rails, Gene doesn't stress or over react too much, there are no second or third act breakdowns stalling the story, Martin and Mystia could easily have been arrogant but both are professional and really supportive, Alan could've easily been the bad guy but he ultimately saves Gene from failure, Natalie could've dominated the film as a shrinking violet but takes it in her stride and gets the job done and then you have Pompo who is the right amount of charisma and charm without being too annoying, the whole film, it's characters and even the dub were so carefully created to reflect the plot, it's an absolute triumph of a film.
Final Verdict: Pompo is the best film you could watch about the subject of film making and Hollywood using the anime style, carefully made and smartly executed, it's a joy to watch.

End