Tracing the thread…
His surrealist films systematically challenge religious dogma and institutional faith through absurdist critique and iconoclastic imagery.
Pier Paolo Pasolini ItalyHe provocatively interrogates Christian theology and sexual morality, using heresy as a lens to expose contradictions between religious doctrine and human desire.
Martin Scorsese USAHis films wrestle with Catholic guilt and theological doubt, depicting heresy as a spiritual struggle between faith and doubt rather than simple rejection.