Speculation abounds as to the nature of the mysterious glowing contents of the case:
Could it be Elvis's gold suit, seen worn by Val Kilmer (as Elvis) in True Romance (1993)?
The most persistent theory (most usually attributed to a friend of a friend who saw it posted on a message board by someone whose brother had read a report of a radio interview with Tarantino himself) is that it is Marcellus Wallace's soul. The story goes that when the Devil takes a person's soul, it is removed through the back of the head (this isn't part of any known religion, but this is what the message board posters say). When we see the back of Marcellus's head he has a Band-Aid covering the precise spot indicated by tradition for soul removal. Perhaps Marcellus sold his soul to the devil which would also explain why the combination to open the briefcase is 666.
Or could it be simply a 20-watt light bulb?
According to Roger Avary, who co-wrote the script with Quentin Tarantino, the original plan was to have the briefcase contain diamonds. This seemed neither exciting nor original, so Avary and Tarantino decided to have the briefcase's contents never appear on screen; this way each filmgoer could mentally "fill in the blank" with whatever struck his or her imagination as best fitting the description "so beautiful". The orange light bulb (projecting shimmering light onto the actors' faces) was a last-minute decision and added a completely unintended fantastic element.
In a radio interview with Howard Stern in late 2003, Quentin Tarantino was asked by a caller the contents of the briefcase, and he answered, "It's whatever the viewer wants it to be
basicly its whatever u want it to be
Last edited by killa kiaba on Apr 18th, 2005 at 02:37 AM
Just to let everyone know, I bought "Pulp Fiction" this afternoon. So, I now own that AND "Kill Bill. Vol 1". I want to reiterate, I still don't necessarily like QT as a person on the whole, lol.
These are just some dramatic developments that I had to share.
CA- I am ashamed of you. You have that giant movie collection of your and you don't own all of the QT films and you just now got Pulp Fiction? For shame.
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Maybe... the briefcase contains inmortality....
See, the 3 guys at bretts house, dont die till Vega finds the briefcase, then the 4th guy shoots Vega and Jules without dealing any damage, a "miracle"...
Later that day, Vincent gives the briefcase to Marsellus, and 1 (or 2) days later he dies... However, Marsellus is hit by a car and doesnt die, then he is raped by Zed and he doesnt die...
That would kinda explain Roth´s "Is that what I think it is?", also...
i believed the soul in the briefcase stuff until just now when i was watching 'The Bonnie Situation'. the guys in the apartment are supposedly working for the devil to trade back Marcellus soul, but 'The Fourth Man' (a.k.a. Seinfeld) says "o god, i don't want to die, pleas god" moments before he attempts to shoot Vince and Jules. if the guys in the apartment are working for the devil, then why would he be praying to god?
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