I was lucky enough to find a full set of the X-Files Series 1 for only £2 a few days back, and watching through them, I came across an episode called "Lazarus", Episode 14 in the series. This episode is utterly laden with Tarantino and particularily "Natural Born Killers" quotes and references.
The episode was made inbetween 1993 and 1994, with NBK being made in 1994 and Pulp Fiction being made in 1994.
The episode is about a bank robber who dies at the same time as an FBI officer, and somehow the defibrallator switches their souls.
The robber is sitting in his car before the robbery, with his partner, or wife, as it turns out. She seems nervous, and he says to her "No matter what happens, we'll both be looking up at the same stars. You make every day like New Year's Eve."
When the robber finally gets into the bank, he shouts at a guard - "Put the gun down or I'll execute every last one of you".
Eventually, there is a shoot-out between the FBI officer, the robber and Dana Scully. Scully is left standing, the officer and the robber flatlining.
This is where the soul switching takes place, and the officer comes back to life.
Later in the episode, the robber tries to reclaim his wife by describing what they did after their wedding.
"We went down to the beach, and I got out my buck knife, and slashed open my palm, and then I slashed your palm, and we held hands like this, and let the blood run in the ocean." Then he says "We'll be married in all the oceans now"
I'm not sure if this is intentional, or its just another example of Tarantino's broad influence, he seems to have taken quite a few ideas from this particular episode.
well spotted, but i cant comment on x-files tarantino homages, i got to see very few episodes
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I'm pretty sure that "Lazarus" was made before NBK, season 1 was on TV in 1993 already.
Didn't know Tarantino was an X-files fan an even wanted to direct an episode. Why didn't they let him?
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