Q&A: Kevin Costner on unveiling his Western saga 'Horizon' at Cannes

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A month before Kevin Costner puts the first installment of his multi-chapter Western “Horizon: An American Saga” into theaters, the actor-director came to the Cannes Film Festival to unveil his self-financed passion project. The movie is actually two, or if Costner has his way, four.

Kevin Costner poses for a portrait photograph for the film ‘Horizon: An American Saga’ at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Saturday, May 18, 2024. Sienna Miller , left, and Kevin Costner pose for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘Horizon: An American Saga’ at the 77th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Sunday, May 19, 2024.

It’s also Costner’s biggest gamble, ever. To raise the money for the $100 million-plus production, he mortgaged his seaside Santa Barbara, California, estate. He’s been trying to make “Horizon” for more than 30 years.Kevin Costner’s Western epic ‘Horizon, An American Saga’ will premiere at Cannes AP: Was it an easy decision? You didn’t look around your seaside Santa Barbara estate and question mortgaging it?

AP: In dramatizing the drive West of settlers, what was the Native American perspective you wanted to consider? AP: What I’m getting at is there’s tragedy in this. Do you see westward expansion and your film as a tragedy?

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