lxiv. LADY GAGA (Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta) (1986- )
From Chromatica.
Contemporary pop music is not my genre in most cases.
This Lady Gaga video definitely got my attention when I was studying the Armenian filmmaker Sergei Parajanov's brilliant, unusual and eye-popping 1969 film, The Color of Pomegranates.
Lady repurposes many images from the film, which is sort of a tableaux vivant -- static scenes that are filmed with little movement and are meant to evoke the work of an ancient Armenian poet.
Then there is the very personal experience of Gaga and her use of antipsychotic medication ("Pop a 911").
The video is a thing of beauty. She's a real talent.
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