ecclesiastical authority

His films like 'The Gospel According to St. Matthew' and 'Canterbury Tales' interrogate religious authority and doctrine through provocative theological and sexual discourse.

His surrealist masterpieces systematically deconstruct Catholic institutional power and ecclesiastical hypocrisy as instruments of social control.

Films like 'Silence' and 'The Last Temptation of Christ' deeply explore faith, doubt, and the moral authority of the Church through spiritual and psychological conflict.