Movie Description

Louie Bluie

(1985)

Overview

Crumb director Terry Zwigoff’s first film is a true treat: a documentary about the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America. As beguiling a raconteur as he is a performer, Louie makes for a wildly entertaining movie subject, and Zwigoff honors him with an unsentimental but endlessly affectionate tribute. Full of infectious music and comedy, Louie Bluie is a humane evocation of the kind of pop-cultural marginalia that Zwigoff would continue to excavate in the coming years.

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Facts

Original TitleLouie Bluie

Status Released

Release Information

  • 1985-11-13

Original LanguageEnglish

Runtime 01h 00m

Production CompaniesSuperior

Genres

  • Documentary
  • Music