The Guardian has confirmed the long-standing rumor that the 12-minute Wes Anderson short, “Hotel Chevalier” will act as a prequel to “The Darjeeling Limited.” As we mentioned yesterday, the short stars Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman and will debut at the Venice Film Festival.
The U.K. paper quotes Anderson as saying there are themes he always gravitates to. “Every movie I make is about someone who can’t fit in, can’t make things work or is dealing with failure.”
Partial soundtrack details from ‘Darjeeling’ are here.
Castlerock Italy says (in broken translated english): “Acclimatized in one room of hotel in France, [‘Hotel Chevalier’ is] the short epilogue of one heartbreaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in ‘The Darjeeling Limited.’ “