Music video Deeper and Deeper

screenshot of deeper , deeper music video, featuring madonna , girlfriends watching stripper eat bananas; has been seen reference warhol penned cover art velvet underground & nico.

the video begins male character, played german actor udo kier (who had appeared in andy warhol films flesh frankenstein , blood dracula , had collaborated madonna in erotica video , sex book), in darkened room speaking german words subtitled in english: beware! our idols , demons pursue us. until learn let them go! . however, speaking 2 lines goethe s faust , there words devil: here, measure junker (noble man) clothes, measure him pants! . followed scenes of madonna, portrays character inspired warhol superstar edie sedgwick eyebrows shaved off, driving mercedes-benz w111 convertible, visiting , walking around nightclub dances friends , looks lover, kier s character. according guilbert, viewer meant gather [madonna s character] has signed kind of faustian pact diabolical udo kier. on second thought, don t know possesses whom . present in video warhol superstar holly woodlawn, gay porn director chi chi larue, gay porn star joey stefano (who had appeared on sex), madonna s long time friend , collaborator, actress debi mazar (who had appeared on music videos papa don t preach , true blue , go on appear in madonna s video music 7 years later) , director sofia coppola. guilbert felt including gay porn performer stefano , drag queen/gay porn director la rue, madonna connecting gay audience cementing status gay icon:

images of deeper , deeper , associating drag, modeling, narcissism , lesbianism, provide typical commentary on construction of madonna s success...[&] comfort madonna s gay icon status, when spot on disco dance floor voluminous drag queen chi chi larue, famous singer , director of gay pornographic movies .

other warhol references in video include scene madonna , girlfriends peel , eat banana, sit on couch , watch long haired male stripper flex , exhibit himself on mattress on floor. bananas have been thought reference cover art of velvet underground & nico, designed warhol. guilbert noted during particular scene, stefano looked cross between andy warhol s fetish actor joe dallesandro , iggy pop ; dallesandro himself allegedly approached madonna s people cameo declined offer. guilbert pointed out scenes of madonna driving mercedes direct reference visconti s works; likes visconti (even more fellini) possible wonder whether tributes marlene dietrich not filtered through memorable scene of la caduta degli dei, when helmut berger impersonates dietrich . until 2009, music video had never been commercially available; unknown reasons, wasn t included on 1999 s video collection 93:99. not until 10 years later included on madonna s celebration: video collection compilation. in march 2015, lgbt-oriented magazine out placed video @ number 20 of list madonna s 20 stylish videos .