Wes Anderson, writer and director of “Bottle Rocket”, “Rushmore”, “The Royal Tenenbaums” and “The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou”, has made his own entire genre of quirky, dry films filled with eccentric characters. His latest film, “The Darjeeling Express”, looks to fit in perfectly, and is due out in limited release on the US on September 28th.

As a teaser/prequel to it, he shot a 13 minute film called “The Hotel Chevalier”, which has just been released for free via the iTunes store.

The trick of giving away a short film to help promote a longer film is an interesting one, and feasible now that we have distribution networks like the iTunes Store in place. With films having greater and longer sets of deleted scenes, a little thoughtfulness could easily net film creators shorts like this.

Click here to download “Hotel Chevalier” from the iTunes Store

See also: The Hotel Chevalier at IMDB
See also: The Darjeeling Limited at IMDB
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