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Rumor had it Lady Gaga's Marry the Night video was 11 minutes long. Which is exorbitant, even by her own standards. But Gaga must have set a record because the actual thing clocks in at 13 minutes and 48 seconds.

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Which is A-OK by me -- I would have watched 13 hours of this fascinating personal diary, which starts off a little odd (with a voice-over in a French insane asylum) before transitioning into a Black Swan/ballet vignette. Around this time I realized exactly what was happening in this video: Gaga was telling her pseudo-life story.

One of barrel-scraping despair, internal strife, fear of obscurity, determination and triumph. Oh, and cheerios.

The deeply personal ode is a success on all fronts -- from concept to execution -- and easily one of Gaga's best videos to date. Which is saying something.