heaven and afterlife

His meditative, spiritual films like 'Stalker' and 'The Mirror' explore metaphysical transcendence and the human search for meaning beyond the material world.

His poetic cinema in films like 'The Tree of Life' and 'The Thin Red Line' grapples with existential questions, divine presence, and the cycle of life and death.

His works including 'Wings of Desire' directly address angels, mortality, and the boundary between earthly and heavenly realms through lyrical philosophical narratives.