spiritual authority

His metaphysical films like *Stalker* and *Mirror* profoundly examine faith, transcendence, and the search for spiritual meaning beyond institutional authority.

Works such as *The Passion of Joan of Arc* and *Vampyr* explore the tension between individual spiritual conviction and religious institutional power through haunting visual theology.

His films like *The Gospel According to St. Matthew* and *Teorema* deconstruct religious authority while investigating authentic spiritual experience and divine presence in secular contexts.