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Puke Film

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Close‑up of Millie Brown using green‑colored milk in an art performance involving Lady Gaga’s dress

The Puke on Gaga Film (also shortened as Puke Film) is an interlude video created by Nick Knight and Ruth Hogben for both versions of The Monster Ball (2009–11). In each version of the tour, the film served as the transition between the end of Act I and the beginning of Act II, immediately preceding “LoveGame”. One of the main differences between the two tour edits, aside from the additional scenes, is the music used for the film. In the 1.0 theater version, the soundtrack featured “Tears in the Rain” (2008) by British electronic producer Zomby, while in the 2.0 arena version it was replaced with a similar arrangement incorporating elements of "Dance in the Dark" by Fernando Garibay.

The film was put for sale on SHOWstudio shop as Puke On Gaga for £ 4,000 and the film was shown during their exhibition called Inside/Out in 2010. The Marko Mitanovski dress that Gaga wears at the beginning was also put on sale for £ 15,000. The Puke Film was omitted from the HBO concert special Lady Gaga Presents: The Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden, which premiered on May 7, 2011. It was later released independently as Puke on Gaga on October 4, 2011 by SHOWstudio.com on YouTube. For undisclosed reasons, the version published was the early 2010 edit, lacking the additional bovine heart scene and a segment of the Tattoo Film.

Background

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The film was shot on either November 8 or 9, 2009. One of the scenes feature Gaga being dressed like a mannequin in stop motion by her then creative director, Matthew Williams, which was inspired by "The Bridegroom Stripped Bare", a performance in the Transformers series by Nick Knight in 2002. The film featured Alexander McQueen with Sarah Burton as they transforms a bridegroom into a bride in a frenzy of cutting, ripping, painting and gaffer-taping. McQueen was famous for his cutting and draping skills, often working directly on a garment while a model was wearing it. This film offers a rare glimpse of the designer at work, in what is usually an unseen, intense and private act.

The parts in which Gaga consumes the Bovine heart was created by Nick Knight to help Gaga confront her fears about her father's open heart surgery. In an interview with Nick Knight for SHOWstudio, Nicola Formichetti's then-assistant, Anna Trevelyan recalled that during the filming of the heart eating scene, she and Gaga were crying while Nicola played the music of Ryuichi Sakamoto on blast.

Synopsis

All cuts of the video open with Gaga standing on a white cube, wearing a pleated white dress by Marko Mitanovski with unknown white shoes, while a fan blows the fabric to create movement [A]. She is later shown seated as performance artist Millie Brown performs with bright green‑colored milk directed onto her.

The Monster Ball: Theater (1.0)

Two versions of the film were used during the theater tour. In the early dates, it was projected full‑size on the stage screen curtain; in later dates, it was shown across the three back screens. The early version begins with a very slow white fade‑in before revealing Gaga in the pleated dress, moving in slow motion. Seconds later, an abrupt cut shifts the dress into faster motion. Another white fade‑in follows, revealing Millie Brown retching, after which short slow‑motion shots of the performance with Gaga are shown. The final sequence features the stop‑motion mannequin scene with the Haus creative director Matthew Williams [D].

In the second theater‑tour version, the opening fade‑in was shortened by ten seconds and a visual glitch in the first scene was corrected.

The Monster Ball: Arena (2.0)

In the arena tour, the next scene introduced Gaga eating a bovine heart [B]. Two different edits were used:

  1. February 18 – July 4, 2010: The film concluded with the mannequin sequence featuring Gaga [D].
  2. July 6, 2010 – May 6, 2011: The film concluded with two additional scenes: Gaga holding the bovine heart in her lap with blood falling from her mouth [C], followed by footage from the Tattoo Film [E], in which she wears a headpiece and armpiece designed by Gary Card.

1.0: Theater version

For more, see Monster Ball: Theater version.
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On The Monster Ball: Theater, the film was initially projected on the main screen. After a few shows, this was changed so that it appeared on the three back screens instead. A close‑up of the footage was shown on the two side screens, while the center screen displayed the full‑sized film as dancers crawled across the fog‑covered stage. The soundtrack used for this version is a shortened edit of “Tears in the Rain” (2008) by Zomby. Its vocal sample is taken from the “Tears in rain” monologue, Roy Batty’s final lines in the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner, written by David Peoples and partially improvised by Rutger Hauer. For the song, the closing line “Time to die” was omitted.

“

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.

”

—Roy Batty in Blade Runner (1982)

2.0: Arena version

For more, see Monster Ball: Arena version.
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On The Monster Ball: Arena, a giant white curtain was lowered in front of the stage to display the film while the crew changed the set pieces and Gaga and the dancers changed their outfits. The soundtrack for this version was heavily inspired by the piece used in the theater tour; instead of “Tears in the Rain,” it featured a new arrangement incorporating elements of “Dance in the Dark” by Fernando Garibay.

(Make it stop!)
I'm a free bitch
I'm a free bitch
(Make it stop!)
I'm a free bitch
I'm a free bitch
(Make it stop!)
Marilyn, Judy, S-Sylvia, Tell 'em how you feel girls
Work your JonBenét Ramsey/We'll haunt like Liberace/Find your freedom in the music/Find your Jesus, find your Kubrick/You will never fall apart Diana, you're still in our hearts/Never let you fall apart
Want Together (repeated ten times)
I'm a free bitch
I'm a free bitch
(Make it stop!)

Credits

Trivia

  • On March 13, 2014, Millie Brown appeared on the Doritos #BoldStage and performed a similar piece of performance art during “Swine” at SXSW.
  • Twelve years after referencing a line from one of his films, Gaga collaborated with Ridley Scott on House of Gucci (2021).

References

Interludes and backdrops
Musical interludes
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The Fame Ball
The Monster Ball
Joanne World Tour
The Chromatica Ball
The Mayhem Ball
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