Gaga goes dilly for dollies

On the Island of the Dolls in Mexico City, hundreds of plastic toys wearing little more than rags hang from trees, their glass eyes staring down at visitors.

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The macabre site may spook many, but it intrigued gothic film director Tim Burton and pop superstar Lady Gaga, who used the island as the backdrop for the music video they shot together, The Dead Dance.

The video for the dance-pop song shows Lady Gaga as one of the hundreds of dolls on the island in the heart of the city's ancient Xochimilco canals, a popular tourist destination.

The site was built by Julian Santana starting in 1950, using dolls he collected or received as donations for more than half a century until his death in 2001.