heresy and doctrine

His masterpieces like 'The Passion of Joan of Arc' and 'Vampyr' explore the collision between religious orthodoxy and individual faith, examining how institutions condemn what they cannot understand.

A fierce critic of Catholic doctrine, Buñuel's surrealist films systematically deconstruct religious dogma and institutional hypocrisy through provocative, dreamlike imagery.

His films interrogate the tension between Marxist ideology and Christian theology, questioning what constitutes heresy in both political and spiritual domains.