The read
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 0m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 24 points higher than audiences do.
14 audience votes
Key crew
- Terry ZwigoffDirector
Cast
- Howard ArmstrongHimself
- Ted BoganHimself
- Jay LynchHimself
- Yank RachellHimself
- Ikey RobinsonHimself