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Louie Bluie

Filmed at the 1985 Friscofest

★ 7.5 (12 votes) | 1985 | 1h 0m
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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.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date November 13, 1985
  • Budget N/A
  • Revenue N/A
  • Production Superior

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LOUIE BLUIE Clip (1985) - The Criterion Collection
LOUIE BLUIE Clip (1985) - The Criterion Collection

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