Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Hotel Chevalier, free download

Hotel Chevalier is a 2007 short film by director Wes Anderson. Starring Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman, the film acts as a prologue to Anderson's 2007 feature The Darjeeling Limited. The 13-minute short takes place in the eponymous hotel some time before Schwartzman's character, Jack, meets his two older brothers in India. The film was screened out of competition alongside The Darjeeling Limited at the 64th Annual Venice Film Festival. It was made available in the United States as a free download on Apple, Inc's iTunes Store on September 26th.

The film was made in the Hotel Raphael in Paris, France. Prominently featured in the short is the song "Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)" by Peter Sarstedt, from the 1969 album of the same name.

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