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. 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.
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Terry Zwigoff
- Audio commentary featuring Zwigoff
- Over thirty minutes of unused footage
- Illustrations by Howard Armstrong
- Stills gallery
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Sragow
Cover illustration by R. Crumb
Director-Approved Special Edition Features
- New, restored high-definition digital transfer, approved by director Terry Zwigoff
- Audio commentary featuring Zwigoff
- Over thirty minutes of unused footage
- Illustrations by Howard Armstrong
- Stills gallery
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Michael Sragow
Cover illustration by R. Crumb
Cast
- Howard Armstrong
- Ted Bogan
- James “Yank” Rachell
- “Banjo” Ikey Robinson
Credits
- Director
- Terry Zwigoff
- Producer
- Terry Zwigoff
- Editing
- Victoria Lewis
- Cinematography
- John Knoop
- Cinematography
- Chris Li
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