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.
Genre: Documentary, Music
Stars: Howard Armstrong, Ted Bogan, Jay Lynch, Yank Rachell, Ikey Robinson
Crew: Terry Zwigoff (Director), David Myers (Cinematography), Victoria Lewis (Editor), Terry Zwigoff (Producer), Frank Simeone (Producer), Christopher Li (Cinematography)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Superior
Runtime: 60 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Nov 13, 1985
IMDb: 3.6
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