A commercial for the iPhone aired during

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posted Feb 26 @ 09:08 AM by Jason Kottke · gift link

A commercial for the iPhone aired during the Oscars last night. Rick Silva noticed that it was a lot like artist Christian Marclay’s 1995 piece Telephones (the relevant clip starts at 3:40) and, to a lesser extent, Matthias Mueller’s film, Home Stories. Nice detective work!

Update: Here’s a list of all the actors in the iPhone commercial (except one).

Update: The missing “French Woman” is Audrey Tautou from Amelie. (thx to several folks who wrote in)