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Louie Bluie

1985-11-13

60 mins

The Plot

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.

Cast and Crew

Howard Armstrong

Howard Armstrong

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Ted Bogan

Ted Bogan

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Jay Lynch

Jay Lynch

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Yank Rachell

Yank Rachell

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Ikey Robinson

Ikey Robinson

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Videos & Trailers

LOUIE BLUIE Clip (1985) - The Criterion Collection

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