Do you prefer Comedy or Drama?

Well as a film director screenplay writer music composer and as an individual who loves the ancient Greek theatre it is impossible for me to choose  one over the other. Both genres share equally my respect and admiration. The perfect combination is to potentially merge  these two genres in one story successfully. Drama is a Greek word and in the Greek language means action, movement, either physical or emotional. Also the word comedy is a Greek one too which is compound of  "komos" (usually a small company or friends mostly in high spirits) and "ode" (singing). Although comedy is way more difficult than drama to be performed and totally executed by a whole team . it's not easy to make people laugh though, especially if you don't want to lose the high standards of quality. Both require talent and experience blended with knowledge.

Life imitates Art or Art imitates Life?

Τo know how to live, and to be pleased with it, and to enjoy life, that is art. Τhe design of life, by some supreme being or some universal energy, that unfortunately we do not know, and do not even understand, this is art. Τhe movement of the stars, the movement of the planets, the visual astrological depiction of the galaxies, black holes, the daily lives of people, whether ugly or beautiful, the inexplicable way the human mind works, love, all these are inspired art, and each one of us can interpret it as he/she wants, either scientifically, religiously, or philosophically..and this artistic reality - if it really exists, and is not some artificial hologram - is represented by art, cinema, music, poetry, writing, painting and every kind of inspired creation of man.

Which is the best Moment on set?

Εvery moment, from the initial moment when I write the script, to the creative moment of designing the storyboard, to the moment when the actors will be chosen and the roles will be distributed, the moment when the first rehearsals of the actors are started, the moment you feel the joy of the first shots, when the shooting of the film begins. Moments when the daily shooting of a scene ends, and all of us, cast and crew enjoy an excellent dinner after a hard day of success or..even failure. the moments are many, inexhaustible. a very beautiful moment is when you go back to the studio and feeling happy with the day's shooting, and especially when what you see is close to what you wanted to happen. I could recount countless moments both good and bad but definitely unrepeatable and unique.

Did anyone ever tell you weren't good enough?

Μy experience in art, I would say is long-standing, but there is always an inexhaustible space for exploration, progress, and optimization. Ιn my first steps, I might have heard from some that I wasn't good enough, for various reasons, either correct or envious... but I always knew where I was standing on, and how I could fix things for the better. I had and have confidence in myself, but always humbly, and definitely in my field of course,  in which I am specialized, and always willing to listen to simple advice from real simple people.  Τhis is the most constructive advice, from people who have nothing to lose or gain from you. In the art we walk alone and we work together.Patience and perseverance,vision.   

How can you stay focused on your goal?

Patience and perseverance, vision. The sense of creation always keeps me focused on my purpose and my work.

Have you ever had a breakdown because of your Job?

Breakdown is not an option, on the other hand, bad moments are really out there...if I feel bad about those moments? yes I do, for the moment though.. I stand up and I keep walking.. no guts no glory..

Talent is a blessing or a curse?

Of course talent is a blessing..but always you have to pay the price of it.. emotionally and practically.. being a talent means you have a special way of seeing things beyond their material existence.. being a talent it means, you feel happy, you smile, you love, you suffer, you cry, you feel sorry, you're sad, and you're in high spirits as well, and all these above,  leading towards your artistic creation, your work..

What would you like to improve about yourself as a composer?

Well as you know I'm a professional music composer with a lot of experience worldwide. Art is a broad institution of creation. As a film director and screenplay writer I have so much to learn, to improve, but always based on my experience as a professional in the music art. I use all this experience to build a parallel course that travels along with music.. for me music and film fill each other's gap. I love to work with experienced professionals in the film industry in order to combine our knowledge to a final outcome..

What's the worst critic you have received?

Well during my career as a composer I've never received a very bad critic about my music, on the other hand received irrelevant critics, of, probably, personal issues, rather like a competitor's so-called bulling, from another so-called professional composers. I was only 19 years old when I received platinum record Award from EMI, and that made some people to feel uncomfortable, and most of them they were at least 20 years older than I was. Although I have worked as a director and producer for dozens of advertising spots and video clips, the truth now is that, as a director, screenwriter and cinematographer, and of course the producer of my own first feature film, I feel a little curious about the potential future reception  from fellow professionals.. the good thing is that my work has already been presented with 30 awards, nominations, honorable mentions, and official selections all over the world at major international film festivals so far. Consequently the first professionals, at the film festivals have duly honored me and I feel truly wonderful and grateful.

If you weren't a composer what would you like to be?

if I were not all of these or even one of them, I would like to be an astrophysicist or an astronomer. Both, this science which is related to the universe, as well as art, contain philosophy, and fit in a common path of exploration.

If Cinema was a color what would it be?

Cinema is indeed a color, and not just one. it is the multicolor of our thoughts, our feelings, our perceptions and beliefs, it is a vision of the future, and truth of the present, as well as a historical review of the past. this world is colorful, so is cinema.

A day without a movie is...

Α day without a movie is the same as a day without music and that is precisely why both arts interact.

If someone offered you to play/direct/write in/a movie that you despice but that for sure will make you rich and famous...would you accept the job?

Μy first priority with the subject I will deal with, is quality. Αnd when I say quality I mean the quality of the combination of all the arts that will work together to produce a desirable result. Τhis has nothing to do with whether I like a certain script or a certain movie genre . if the genre is so badly extreme and so offensive to my intelligence and morals I will not accept to undertake it. But of course I would undertake to carry out a job which would be commercially successful. And that is because commercial success includes a good deal of quality of all the arts that will work together.

What's your greatest ambition?

My ambitions are specific and always related to the creation of new projects. I believe that just as with my musical success as a composer, all these years, I seek in this humble way to achieve something similar in the cinema as well.

What's your biggest fear?

Ηumans are full of fears from the moment they are born to the moment they leave this reality.. we always try as a human species to over indulge our fears, sometimes unsuccessfully and sometimes successfully. Fear always lurks when you give a special attention to it. Fear creates anxiety and anxiety creates fear and it's a never ending cycle. if we realize our temporary journey the fears will subside.

Does music helps you to create?

Μaybe this is the best question for me after all. Αnd that's because I'm a music composer. Μusic creates images, and these images the art of cinema comes to realize. For me everything is primarily sound, and therefore music, an auditory vision that ends up becoming a visual feast of dreams.

You have the chance to make a Silent movie, what's your message to the audience?

Ιf I ever made a motion picture of a silent content, the subject of the film would be precisely the preciousness of silence.

Share your speech if you should win an Oscar.....

The truth is that I haven't thought about it, nor do I know if I will win an Oscar, nor do I know what I would say to the public if I won an Oscar. Οbviously I would improvise at that moment.

How can people find you?

demetrismusic@yahoo.com

+30 690 729 2353

www.broken-circle.net (feature film)

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