LOUIE BLUIE
Terry Zwigoff · 1985 · U.S. · 60 min
Get tickets at Film ForumFeaturing Howard “Louie Bluie” Armstrong “A character study of Tennessee string-man and folk-painter Howard William Taft Armstrong, LOUIE BLUIE reeks like a raw, throbbing, true-blue wound of art-life representation. The interviews are so infectiously colloquial and the musical performances so impromptu and ramshackle that one marvels at the unabashed realism of it all. Zwigoff’s nimble extraction of extant talent here is nearly as inspired as his showmanship: After these 60 minutes with Armstrong, we want to rise to our feet and loudly demand an encore with an entreaty of stomps, claps, and whistles.” – Slant Magazine