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Louie Bluie (1985) | Slate

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Rated 7.7 on TMDB

Louie Bluie

Filmed at the 1985 Friscofest

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.

Released: 1985
Runtime: 1h 0m
Genres: Documentary, Music
Country: United States of America
Language: English

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Terry ZwigoffDirector

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