Being a shallow sort of guy, I don't even know what "Salvation through faith" means -- or for that matter, "salvation" - and consequently I found The Seventh Seal hard to take seriously. I think in those days I would have used the word, camp, to describe it. Even the photography, which is so highly regarded, is theatrical and vulgar in my eyes.
But I do respect his upholding the essential importance of human relationships because I believe that all other values, particularly socialist ones, flow from it.
Not all of his movies are dark and sombre and although in his The Magic Flute, some would say that the joy and optimism came from Mozart and not him, he at least, like Duchamp and his urinal, chose it. And there is Smiles of a Summer's Night and my favourite, The Devil's Eye. The imp's heartfelt longing for the smell of apples is for me a wonderful salute to carnality and by implication, a rejection of the otherworldly.
I hope I have answered, even in a round about way, your question. I guess I am saying that I recommend that you view his movies when you get a chance.
I see that the great Italian master, Antonioni, has just died. His work is even more to my taste, I am afraid.
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