religious trance

His films obsessively explored religious ecstasy, spiritual transcendence, and the sacred through visceral imagery, particularly in works like *Teorema* and *Salò*.

His masterpiece *The Passion of Joan of Arc* captures religious fervor and mystical trance through extreme close-ups of spiritual anguish and divine communion.

His meditative, transcendent cinema in films like *Stalker* and *Mirror* engages with spiritual states, faith, and metaphysical trance through hypnotic long takes and philosophical depth.