Natalie Portman strips down in Wes Anderson's 17-minute short film Hotel Chevalier. The short also stars Jason Schwartzman (one of the Darjeeling leads) and Natalie Portman.
Portman appears nude in the film, and has a small cameo in Darjeeling. Though it is not necessary to see the short to understand her relationship with Schwartzman?s character in the full-length film, Anderson says Chevalier does flesh out the story.
This 'wistful and maudlin short story offers some background to the main attraction as Schwartzmann and Portman play a pair of estranged lovers who square up to each other in the sumptuous surroundings of a Parisian hotel room,' writes Product Reviews UK.
"My ideal thing would be to have the audience member come over to my apartment and watch the short on my computer and the next day they'd watch the movie in the theater," he told the Wall Street Journal.
Hotel Chevalier premiered last night at Apple stores in selected American cities, but will be available starting today as a
free download on iTunes.