séance and mediumship

His films blur the boundaries between conscious and unconscious realms, treating cinema itself as a medium for accessing hidden psychological and spiritual dimensions.

He conceptualized cinema as a spiritual medium capable of transcending material reality, using time and memory to create metaphysical experiences that approach séance-like communion.

His work treats film as a ritualistic and sacred medium channeling mythological and spiritual presences, particularly in works like 'Salò' and 'Canterbury Tales' that invoke hidden truths through cinema.