Lady Gaga & Beyoncé’s Telephone by Jonas Akerlund
Jonas Akerlund and Gaga's successor to the wonderful Paparazzi - the one that really established the now familiar 'damaged-diva' persona - is a phenomenon: 14 million hits on Youtube in three days, since it debuted as an exclusive to Vevo at midnight, New York time, on Thursday.
Gaga is a vengeful coutured sociopath and Beyoncé at her most bodacious in the Tarantino-influenced second half, but the lurid women's prison sequence - a perfect setting for a mischievous pair like Jonas and Gaga - is what makes this nine minute mini-movie (shot beautifully by Par Ekberg) so memorable.
Credits
Director | Jonas Akerlund |
Production Company | Streamline/Serial Pictures |
Producer | Shelli Jury/Nicole Erlich/Vincent Herbert/Troy Carter |
Director of Photography | Par Ekberg |
Production designer | Jason Hamilton |
1st AD | Andy Coffing |
Choreographer | Laurieann Gibson |
Colourist | Dave Hussey |
Editor | Christian Larson |
Commissioner | House Of Gaga |
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