divine usurpation

His surrealist films systematically mock and dismantle religious authority and divine institutions, treating God and clergy as absurd social constructs ripe for subversion.

He repeatedly interrogates how human institutions and ideologies usurp divine authority, most provocatively in *Teorema* and *Salò*, where the sacred is profaned and power structures mimic godhood.

His provocative biopics and religious films explore how artists, visionaries, and charismatic figures assume divine powers, questioning the boundary between human ambition and sacred transcendence.