Bits and Pieces Strike Back

Today I'm offering a few bits and pieces that cannot possibly be worthy of significance, unless you have already familiarized yourself with lots of other bits and pieces. The significance of this videoclip regarding Kevin Smith, Will Ferrell and Jason Lee is connected to several prime facts:

1. Jason Lee's first big movie, "Mallrats" (1995), which was made by Kevin Smith (aka Silent Bob) and produced by Sean Daniel, who was the first person from whom I learned of the college I attended, CalArts, was named after my video, "Mall Man" (1993). I have been pointing out well before "Mallrats" that every time Sean Daniel produces a movie one can find things derived from my work.
2. Ever since "Mallrats", Jason Lee, like Sean Daniel, always appears in projects that contain things derived from my work, or related to me in other ways. This includes "Underdog" (for which Jason Lee is the voice of Underdog) and "Alvin and the Chipmunks" (which stars Jason Lee as Dave), among other Jason Lee roles. The NBC TV sitcom in which Jason stars, "My Name Is Earl", began with my idea.
   
3. Will Ferrell is among a number of celebrities whose work invariably contains references to my work (though there have been a few Will Ferrell projects that do not).

As I said, these are mere bits and pieces, and require familiarity with other bits and pieces before they (cumulatively) contain recognizable significance in relation to me.

Another movie that includes a reference to my work, one I just had the opportunity to see yesterday for the first time when it made its premium TV channel (Showtime) premier, is "1408", which stars John Cusack and Tony Shaloub. Owing to Tony Shaloub being involved, I was immediately aware that I should be on the lookout (see the second-to-last paragraph of my 12.25.08 blog), based on my experiences. I then found this movie to make very pronounced use of the identical section of a Mozart piece that I use for the opening of Steinhoff's Dostoyevsky's "Uncle's Dream" (one of my three more important live action videos). Though I would never say that anyone using this section of this Mozart piece was therefore doing so in relation to me, the Tony Shaloub connection had tipped me off in advance. Shorthand indicators are things an intelligent person appreciates. I then found this movie to share something further with this video work of mine, the recurring question of whether one is witnessing a reality or a dream. Again, I would not say that every time such a component contains significance in a work it is therefore being done in relation to my work. However, with the cumulative and shorthand aspects, I must conclude the Mozart was there for me. I should add that it often happens that John Cusack movies also include things for me. On this subject, Cusack's first big movie, "Better Off Dead," was written and directed by Steve Holland, who I knew at CalArts and who was the roommate of someone who was at that time a friend of mine.