About “Plot and Theme” – An Aesthetics Blog on Film and Writing

You have somehow stumbled upon my blog.  Good for you. Plot and Theme was devoted to discussing films only until the end of 2022, at which point I began adding additional materials involving discussions of series, novels, and my own creative writing (not my crappy reviews; real stuff like short stories and novels). For the most part, I will endeavor to write in the context of the specific aesthetics of the film or piece of work in question. Here’s where to go to for the bigger, in-depth explanation: The Things We Think And Do Not Say.   I intend to provide meaningful, fun analysis of films and other materials with an eye towards thought-out, edited pieces. In addition to discussion on particular work, I will also address movie news topics that interest me. Things like upcoming films, trailer releases, and awards season announcements. Finally, when it comes to my own writing, I will post all manner of things: short synopses of pieces I am working on currently, plans/outlines for future stories, samples, you name it.

Each piece written for this blog represents my ideas with regards to analysis of a particular film. All opinions are my own and all content is produced by me personally and is the property of Derek Jacobs, unless noted otherwise.  Reprinting of the works comprising this blog are allowed on condition that due credit is given to the author and the blog url is mentioned.  All images of films, media, and similar representations are the property of their respective creators and are intended for educational purposes and thus fall under the fair use provisions of the US Code Title 17, Chapter 1, Subsection 107.

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15 thoughts on “About “Plot and Theme” – An Aesthetics Blog on Film and Writing”

  1. Nate parkers idea inspiration and research came from me I believe. Nate ruined the story.I have the accurate Nat Turner screenplay.I’m a Greek American

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  2. Hi Derek. I just found your blog doing an Essay for a subject called ” Adaptaciones de la literatura a la pantalla” ( I’m from Spain so a literal translation would be something like Literary works to film adaptations ) Anyways I was wondering , have you ever seen a Korean movie? if so, what do you think about the whole Korean movie production? If not, I highly recommend you to take a look. You won’t regret it.

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  3. I’m probably way out of line here but I really like your site and I wonder if you’d ever consider selling it?

    I work for Flippa.com and I’m almost certain our buyers would be interested in this, you’d likely do quite well.

    Please feel free to let me know if you’d like to discuss and I’ll send you through some info. If not, no problem and all the best.

    Thanks,
    Jordan

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