Louie Bluie
Filmed at the 1985 Friscofest
7.7
14 votes
November 13, 1985
1h 0m
Overview
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.
Directed by
Where to watch
In United States
Stream
Rent
Buy
Cast
More like this
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
2022
The Beach Boys
2024
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
Justin Bieber's Believe
2013
Bad 25
2012
Biggie: I Got a Story to Tell
2021
The Last Repair Shop
2024
Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly
2019
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III
1998
ZZ Top: That Little Ol' Band from Texas
2019
20 Feet from Stardom
2013
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
2011
The Who: The Kids Are Alright
1979
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
Beware of Mr. Baker
2012
End of the Century: The Story of the Ramones
2003
The Last Waltz
1978
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006
The Sound of 007
2022
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition
2026