MIT Lecture Series Committee

Rated R
91 minutes

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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)

In director Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited, three American brothers who have not spoken to each other in a year set off on a train voyage across India with a plan to find themselves and bond with each other -- to become brothers again like they used to be. Their "spiritual quest," however, veers rapidly off-course (due to events involving over-the-counter pain killers, Indian cough syrup, and pepper spray), and they eventually find themselves stranded alone in the middle of the desert with eleven suitcases, a printer, and a laminating machine. At this moment, a new, unplanned journey suddenly begins. Owen Wilson, Adrien Brody, and Jason Schwartzman star in this film about their adventure and their friendship. [www.foxsearchlight.com]

A better film [than Life Aquatic], warmer, more engaging, funnier and very surrounded by India, that nation of perplexing charm.
      -- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times. Read this review.

Rated R
13 minutes

Hotel Chevalier (2007)

Hotel Chevalier is a short film set in a hotel room in France starring Jason Schwartzman and Natalie Portman. It is the brief coda to a doomed romance and the prologue to The Darjeeling Limited. [www.rottentomatoes.com]