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Louie Bluie

Filmed at the 1985 Friscofest

7.7(15)19851h 0m2

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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English

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    • PremiereChicago International Film Festival10 Nov 1985
    • Theatrical (limited)New York City, New York13 Nov 1985

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Louie Bluie was released on 13 November 1985.

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