biblical adaptation

His raw, neorealist approach to biblical narratives—particularly in *The Gospel According to St. Matthew*—strips away religious sentimentality to explore faith through a Marxist lens.

He persistently interrogates Christian morality and redemption across multiple films (*The Last Temptation of Christ*, *Silence*), treating biblical themes as deeply personal spiritual wrestling matches.

His austere, meditative films like *Passion of Joan of Arc* and *Vampyr* transform biblical and religious source material into profound explorations of suffering, faith, and the transcendent.