Gogol Bordello Documentary's North American Premiere

10/27/08 5:09pm

by Kate Harper (CHARTattack)

If you think Gogol Bordello are worthy film subjects, you'll be pleased to know that Gogol Bordello Non-Stop, a feature documentary about the gypsy punk band, will have its North American premiere on Nov. 1.

The film will be screened at 7:10 p.m. at Los Angeles' ArcLight Hollywood theatre during the American Film Institute Film Festival. There will be a repeat screening at 12:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 at the same theatre.

"I'm thrilled we are gong straight to Hollywood to have the North American premiere," director Margarita Jimeno says. "Who would have thought gypsy punks are so loved on the west coast. What a great way to enter a town for the first time."

Gogol Bordello Non-Stop was selected for the 2008 Munich, Goteberg and Ghent international film festivals. Jimeno began filming Gogol Bordello main man Eugene Hutz and his theatrical troupe of performers in 2000 while he was a DJ at New York City's Bulgarian Bar. Gogol Bordello Non-Stop features interviews with Hutz about his days as a DJ, Gogol Bordello's early days and the band's subsequent world tours. You can watch a trailer here.

Hutz made his acting debut in 2006's Everything Is Illuminated, and he can currently be seen in theatres in Madonna's directorial debut, Filth And Wisdom. The film features Hutz starring as a Ukrainian immigrant who aspires to rock stardom by adopting a cross-dressing dominatrix stage persona. Gogol Bordello also appear as a gypsy punk band in the film. Let's hope it's more like Everything Is Illuminated and nothing like any other movie Madge has been involved with.