Lady Gaga and director Jonas Akerlund channel the spirit of Quentin Tarantino in this very ambitious video for "Telephone." Some of the homages are absolutely explicit — the Pussy Wagon, or the quirky dialogue, for example — while others are more in spirit, such as the fascination with exploitation films like the Prison Chick inspiration that grounds the video. But mostly, it's a wholly created world, like the '50s-meets-future vibe of Pulp Fiction, that's totally nonsensical, yet strangely believable. "Telephone" is beyond campy, totally unrestrained — nudity, cursing and product placements are all proudly flaunted — and so self-referential that you wonder if Gaga is pulling a post-modern art prank to see if she can be a pop star by parodying and amplifying the ridiculousness that has always been a part of pop stardom. --> watch "Telephone"
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Lady Gag f/ Beyonce "Telephone" (Streamline/Interscope)
Jonas Akerlund, director | Shelli Jury, Nicole Ehrlich, Vincent Herbert, Troy Carter, producers | RAF/Serial Pictures, production co | Laure Scott, rep | Par Ekberg, DP | Christian Larsen, editor | Jason Hamilton, production designer | Matthew Williams, art director (Gaga) | Nicola Formichetti, stylist
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