Wes Anderson film debuts on iTunes
By MicroCinema Scene • Sep 24th, 2007 • Category: News
While Wes Anderson definitely definitely isn’t a “micro” filmmaker, his new film will debut on screens that are definitely small. Hotel Chevalier is a 12-minute short film that serves as a prequel to Anderson’s upcoming Darjeeling Limited. It was made a year before Darjeeling began filming and takes place entirely in a Paris Hotel Room. Anderson’s original intentions were for the short to screen in theaters prior to the feature, but Fox Searchlight canceled those plans.
Taking matters into his own hands, Anderson has decided to release the short as a free download via Apple’s iTunes Store. “I don’t know if it’s a wildly commercial idea,” says Anderson. “And it is probably a little confusing to people who are thinking, ‘Why is this separate from the movie?’ But the short is just as important to me as the feature is.” Chevalier was financed entirely by Anderson, shot in 2 1/2 days and edited on his laptop.
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