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Louie Bluie

Louie Bluie

19851h
DocumentaryMusic

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1985

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1h

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"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.

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h
Nov 13, 1985
Languages
English
Director
Terry Zwigoff
Terry Zwigoff
Production
Superior
Superior
Production Countries
United States of America

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