Cannes: Gus Van Sant and Matthew McConaughey Tackle 'The Sea of Trees' Take Downs

READ MORE: The Indiewire 2015 Cannes Bible Many (Indiewire included) came to the 2015 Cannes Film Festival hoping for a major comeback from Gus Van Sant, who is in competition for this year's Palme d'Or for his drama "The Sea of Trees," written by "Buried" scribe Chris Sparling. Van Sant, an indie icon and Palme d'Or winner for 2003's "Elephant," has in recent years misfired with the tepidly received dramas, "Restless" and "Promised Land." Unfortunately, as Indiewire's Eric Kohn put it bluntly in his scathing review following last night's first screening of Van Sant's latest, "The Sea of Trees" is the filmmaker's...

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