New Wes Anderson short premieres for free on iTunes

Wes Anderson sure is a charmer. Just releasing his intimately-crafted, twee-as-eff films once every few years would have been enough to make us swoon over him (and seriously, we have). But then he goes and pulls something like this: a free, 13-minute short film posted in the iTunes music store. Wedding bells, clearly, are soon to ring.

Entitled Hotel Chevalier, the short serves as a prequel to Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, which is set for domestic release this weekend. It stars Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman as romantic leads, which really should be all you need to know about the plot. For anyone who has 153 MB of spare space on his or her hard drive, it's pretty much a no-brainer. Go check it out!

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