The lecture was not quite what I had expected. I though it would be a question and answer session about his work, with a large focus on his films since that is what he is most known for. However, the lecture was more about Picasso. The lecture revolved around making far fetched connections between Schnabel's paintings and Picasso's. There was only a brief conversation at the very end about his films.
To me his most compelling work was his film the Diving Bell and the Butterfly. This could be because I was more aware of why he made this film more so than his paintings because the discussion of the film was more about him than Picasso. His talk about how he came up with the scene in which the man looked like he was floating in the water was very beautiful. He showed us a picture of a piece of a pier floating in the water and how when the tide came up high the pier dissapeared. I found this to be quite beautiful.
My question about if he planned to make anymore mainstream films was answered. He will most likely continue to make films but not with the intention to make them mainstream. His films are already widely accepted but not blockbuster hits. He did not go into the making the film with the intention that it would be nominated for an Oscar but made the film to tell the story of this exceptional man.
