Hotel Chevalier (2007) 7.3
A prologue of one heart-breaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in The Darjeeling Limited (2007). Director:Wes AndersonWriter:Wes Anderson |
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Hotel Chevalier (2007) 7.3
A prologue of one heart-breaking history of love and the prologue of the travel told in The Darjeeling Limited (2007). Director:Wes AndersonWriter:Wes Anderson |
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Jason Schwartzman | ... | ||
Natalie Portman | ... | ||
Waris Ahluwalia | ... |
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Grief? Depression? Ambiguity in a Paris hotel room. Jack Whitman lies on a bed, ordering a grilled cheese sandwich from room service. His phone rings; it's a woman on her way to see him, a surprise. He readies the room, moving without affect, drawing a bath, changing his clothes. She arrives, as does the food, and the complications of their relationship emerge in bits and pieces. He invites her out on the balcony to see his view. Will they make love? Is the relationship over? Written by &view=simple&sort=alpha"><jhailey@hotmail.com>
In the version i've seen, Hotel Chevalier has been merely the prologue of The Darjeeling Limited. Although weird, the short movie (or intro, in my case) has been more potent than the movie.
Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman deliver a fine performance. He is an insecure not-so-young lad and she is a manipulative lady in search of something else.
As it usually is the case, such a relationship ends in one of the people involved getting hurt. And it is rarely that the insecure person has the guts to end it, usually the manipulative one moves on to the next prey. But you'll have to see The Darjeeling Limited to see how this love story ends.