What's in the briefcase?
I believe most of you seen Quentin Tarantino Pulp Fiction.
Well, in the movie there's a mysterious briefcase. what's in it?! On this post I'll try to answer this question.
First of all, a little background and facts:
The two gangsters, Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) were sent by their boss, Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) to retrieve a briefcase that was involved in a failed deal.
Whenever anyone opened the case it was glowing yellow light.
The briefcase is simply a MacGuffin, inspired by Robert Aldrich movie Kiss Me Deadly from 1955. Kiss Me Deadly briefcase glows because it contains a small nuclear device.
In the first Pulp Fiction movie script, the case was to contain diamonds. Later on Tarantino changed it because he said it was too boring and predictable.
In the filming, the briefcase contained an orange lightbulb with a battery.
Eventually, the case contents never revealed.
There's some theories and speculations but the issue is still undetermined...
Here's the theories of the case contents, from the weakest to the strongest one:
1. It contains just an orange lightbulb (as filmed).
2. It contains the ear from Resevoir Dogs.
3. It contains a severed head.
4. Some say the case contents is not important, it may even be empty. What makes it important is Marsellus's want for it - and Vincent and Jules's willingness to kill and risk their own lives to get it for him, with no special reason.
5. The briefcase may have held gold. The briefcase is light enough to carry easily with one hand, so it couldn't have held much gold, but it might have contained a gold artifact or sculpture that was still very valuable.
6. Now the last theory, the strongest one, say the case contains Marsellus Wallace soul.
I know it sounds crazy but let's look at the facts:
The first shot of Marsellus Wallace was of the back of his head, complete with band-aid. The Bible say "when the devil takes your soul, he takes it from the back of your head."...
The case lock combination is "666", the "number of the Beast" as given in the Biblical Book of Revelation.
The case contents glow yellow light.
When anyone opened the case he was amazed at how beautiful it was. they were speechless. What is the most beautiful thing about a person: his soul. Marsellus Wallace had sold his soul to the devil, and was trying to buy it back.
At the end of the scene that Vincent and Jules retrieve the case, a kid at the end came out of the bathroom with a "hand cannon" and shoot all over Vincent and Jules, they were not harmed by the bullets. "God came down and stopped the bullets" because they were saving a soul. It was divine intervention.
Strong shit huh?
Note that there is no official explanation behind the briefcase's contents, Tarantino never confirmed any of the theories.
Well, in the movie there's a mysterious briefcase. what's in it?! On this post I'll try to answer this question.
First of all, a little background and facts:
The two gangsters, Vincent Vega (John Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Samuel L. Jackson) were sent by their boss, Marsellus Wallace (Ving Rhames) to retrieve a briefcase that was involved in a failed deal.
Whenever anyone opened the case it was glowing yellow light.
The briefcase is simply a MacGuffin, inspired by Robert Aldrich movie Kiss Me Deadly from 1955. Kiss Me Deadly briefcase glows because it contains a small nuclear device.
In the first Pulp Fiction movie script, the case was to contain diamonds. Later on Tarantino changed it because he said it was too boring and predictable.
In the filming, the briefcase contained an orange lightbulb with a battery.
Eventually, the case contents never revealed.
There's some theories and speculations but the issue is still undetermined...
Here's the theories of the case contents, from the weakest to the strongest one:
1. It contains just an orange lightbulb (as filmed).
2. It contains the ear from Resevoir Dogs.
3. It contains a severed head.
4. Some say the case contents is not important, it may even be empty. What makes it important is Marsellus's want for it - and Vincent and Jules's willingness to kill and risk their own lives to get it for him, with no special reason.
5. The briefcase may have held gold. The briefcase is light enough to carry easily with one hand, so it couldn't have held much gold, but it might have contained a gold artifact or sculpture that was still very valuable.
6. Now the last theory, the strongest one, say the case contains Marsellus Wallace soul.
I know it sounds crazy but let's look at the facts:
The first shot of Marsellus Wallace was of the back of his head, complete with band-aid. The Bible say "when the devil takes your soul, he takes it from the back of your head."...
The case lock combination is "666", the "number of the Beast" as given in the Biblical Book of Revelation.
The case contents glow yellow light.
When anyone opened the case he was amazed at how beautiful it was. they were speechless. What is the most beautiful thing about a person: his soul. Marsellus Wallace had sold his soul to the devil, and was trying to buy it back.
At the end of the scene that Vincent and Jules retrieve the case, a kid at the end came out of the bathroom with a "hand cannon" and shoot all over Vincent and Jules, they were not harmed by the bullets. "God came down and stopped the bullets" because they were saving a soul. It was divine intervention.
Strong shit huh?
Note that there is no official explanation behind the briefcase's contents, Tarantino never confirmed any of the theories.
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