William Faulkner

His exploration of moral decay, guilt, and redemption in works like *The Last Temptation of Christ* and *Taxi Driver* mirrors Faulkner's psychological complexity and Southern Gothic sensibilities.

His fragmented narrative structure, poetic introspection, and examination of fate and memory in films like *The Thin Red Line* directly echo Faulkner's stream-of-consciousness storytelling technique.

His noir-infused narratives with unreliable timelines, Southern settings, and morally ambiguous characters in *Barton Fink* and *No Country for Old Men* embody Faulknerian themes of corruption and human tragedy.