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- Crumb director Terry Zwigoffs first film is a true treat a documentary about the obscure countryblues 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 popcultural...
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The story of how they got to Telluride is an amazing one, and it explains the existence of "Louie Bluie," an equally amazing music documentary film that is opening today at the Music Box Theater, 3733 N. Southport.
TOP CRITIC. Louie Bluie peers into the areas where nothing is certain, except that these people live and strive and laugh and make music. It is a wonderful film. Full Review | Original Score:...
Oct 10, 1985 · Louie Bluie: Directed by Terry Zwigoff. With Howard Armstrong, Ted Bogan, Yank Rachell, Ikey Robinson. About the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America.
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- Documentary, Music
- Terry Zwigoff
- 1985-10-10
Apr 2, 1986 · “Louie Bluie” (at the Nuart through Friday) captures this venerable black string musician in all his ribald splendor. Born in rural Tennessee, Armstrong is a startling cultural treasure chest.
This movie is introduced by director Terry Zwigoff ("Crumb") as a search for 1930s bluesman Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong and the style of music known as "string-blues. However, it rapidly evolves into more than the average documentary on music.
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 ...
Louie Bluie. 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.
