Friday, September 28, 2007

Hotel Chevalier

New Short film by Wes Anderson, a prologue to his upcoming release The Darjeeling Limited. Buy it for free on iTunes. I think it's great. If nothing else, enjoy Natalie Portman.

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Anonymous said...

Hotel Chevalier . . . "a small gem" A.O.Scott

At the New York Film Festival — where it will be shown as the opening-night selection . . . — “The Darjeeling Limited” will be preceded by a short, written and directed by Mr. Anderson, called “Hotel Chevalier.”

That film, which visits Jack Whitman (Natalie Portman visits him too) at some point before the events chronicled in the feature, will accompany “Darjeeling” on DVD, but not when it opens in New York theaters tomorrow. It is worth seeking out, not only because it fleshes out part of the story of the Whitman brothers but also because, on its own, it is an almost perfect distillation of Mr. Anderson’s vexing and intriguing talents, enigmatic, affecting and wry. “The Darjeeling Limited” is an overstuffed suitcase. “Hotel Chevalier” is a small gem.