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Gogol Bordello - Non-Stop

Gogol Bordello Non-Stop is a lo-fi, high-energy documentary about New York CityÂs most notoriously entertaining band, led by frontman Eugene Htz. Filmmaker Margarita Jimeno follows the band on a five-year journey from underground legend to international phenomenon, taking in the reckless, raucous sights and sounds of a band whom Htz describes as Âdedicated to creating an insane party atmosphere to deliver messages of social and political commentary.Â A wildly entertaining celebration of the definitive fun-de-sicle band, Gogol Bordello Non-Stop opens Friday, September 11, 2009, at New YorkÂs Cinema Village, and will screen elsewhere around the country.

Featuring backstage interviews, onstage antics and copious concert footage, Jimeno waves together the story of the bandÂs rise and rule. Gogol BordelloÂs early gigs involved playing traditional gypsy music at Russian weddings, but their music soon evolved into an explosive stage experience that earned them a following among New YorkÂs hipster elite. Combining elements of punk rock, gypsy music, and cabaret theatrics, the band released a single in 1999 entitled When the Trickster Comes a PokinÂ, quickly followed by their debut full-length release, Voi-La Intruder, which was produced by Nick Cave & the Bad SeedsÂ drummer Jim Sclavunos.

In the early 2000s, Gogol Bordello coalesced into the current nine-member ensemble Â seven men and two women, who hail from places all over the globe, including Ukraine, Russia, Ecuador, Israel, Ethiopia and the US. The self-described Âimmigrant punksÂ soon became famous for their exhaustive touring, provocative political lyrics, and extravagant stage shows. The band released a succession of hit albums including Multi Kontra Culti vs. Irony (2002), East Infection (2005, EP), Gypsy Punks (2005), and Super Taranta! (2007). Htz became a star of the downtown scene with his Thursday night DJ gigs at the Bulgarian nightspot Mehanata (aka the Bulgarian Bar), ultimately parlaying his unique persona into movie roles, co-starring alongside Elijah Wood in Everything Is Illuminated (2005), and performing with Madonna on stage and in her film Filth and Wisdom (2008).