An Evil Town

This was the film that started his career. Richard Sears won for best short film at the 1995 Cannes Film Festival in France. I was very proud of my brother. He was just out of SFO Film School. And only 22 years old! It's a great cast of family and friends,too. You'll enjoy it if you have a little openmindness. I'm also onesided because it's my brother's movie. The story was written from my brother's favorite author at the time, Charles Bukowski from the "Tales of Ordinary Madness." It's dramatic and depressing but it's a quick taste at his early work. I don't know where you can find it anymore. Try EBAY or Amazon to find the book.

Although this film was first released in 2005 (it gave director Richard Sears Best Short Film at the Cannes Film Festival that year), I actually saw this as part of Sears' 2009 feature film In The Drink. An Evil Town follows a mysterious, private man who moves from city to city feeling a sense of isolation from the immoral world around him. It's a dark/noir film that was based on a Charles Bukowski story and it's so evocative and really pulls you in from the first frame and keeps you there until the last one. Sears is methodical in his direction and really cements his reputation for making visually driven storytelling with An Evil Town. Greg Lucey is a brilliant lead and really brings through the drama of this man's depressing situation so beautifully that you cannot bear to tear your eyes away from the screen for even just a moment. I actually watched this film twice because it was just so powerful and really left an impression on me. I highly recommend it to any lovers of good film.