'' Hotel Chevalier '' was screened as part of the program at the world première of '' The Darjeeling Limited '' at the 64th Venice International Film Festival on September 2 , 2007 . The short had its own première at Apple Stores in New York City , Chicago , San Francisco and Santa Monica , California , on September 25 . Anderson , Schwartzman and Portman appeared at the New York screening in SoHo , after which they held a questions-and-answers session with the audience . The short was made available the following day as a free download from Apple 's iTunes Store . On September 28 , it preceded the showing of the feature on the opening night of the 2007 New York Film Festival . A press release posted before the première described the short as " the brief coda to a doomed romance and the prologue to '' The Darjeeling Limited '' "
64th Venice International Film Festival
64th Venice International Film Festival
Hotel Chevalier