Louie Bluie
Filmed at the 1985 Friscofest
Filmed at the 1985 Friscofest
Documentary, Music
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1985
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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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Rated:
Not Rated
Runtime:
60 min
Release date:
13 Nov 1985
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
2 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It is a wonderful film.
– Roger Ebert,
Chicago Sun-Times,
1 Jan 2000