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.
Louie Bluie (1985)
Directed by Terry Zwigoff
Genres - Documentary, Music |
Release Date - Nov 13, 1985 |
Run Time - 60 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
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Artist, Associate, Band, Black, Comedy, Cord, Country, Infectious, Kind, Member, Music, Musician, Tribute
Alternate Titles
Louie Bluie
CA, US