There's one thing about film Pulp Fiction that I can't figure out
 

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it was heroin, not coke, that he got from his red haired friend, the guy who was in MASK


so what was in the suitcase? thats the only thing i couldnt figure out

She thought it was coke, but it wasn't..........

There's only one thing?

I always assumed it was drugs, coke or Heroin or something among those lines......

I haven't watched Pulp Fiction in years. Might watch it tonight infact since i'm bored...

very simple: a plot device

so she snorted smack hahhhahah :1orglaugh

I have read on movie boards that it was Ving Rhames characters (Marsellus Wallace) soul. If you remember the part where you see he has a band-aid on the back of his neck. Many people believe that is where you remove someones soul.

You aren't supposed to know what it is, but think of it as being like the "Loc-Nar" in Heavy Metal.

this is what I was about to type out.

its a soul

spot on.

the briefcase with glowing contents were purposely never revealed. QT lifted it from an old b&w movie, whose name currently escapes me.

genius heheh I've watched it like 30 times, one of my favorites

Thats what I have heard also...

Yep.. Thats what it all comes down to...

drugs are bad un kay

From what I understand, the suit case holds the soul of the big boss Marsellus Wallace. He made a deal with the devil to become the head crime boss. Then he crossed the devil and sent people after the suit case.

During the scene when Marsellus Wallace is talking to Bruce Willis (Butch) in the restaurant you see the band-aid on the back of his neck (Marsellus Wallace). That covered the hole where the devil removed his soul...

What a great movie. This thread made me want to watch this movie again...

i've heard the soul thing before but i've also heard it was what was stolen in the hiest of reservoir dogs.

He just cut himself shaving. What's in the suitcase ? Whatever you think it is ...

Vincent: Remember, I just got back from Amsterdam.
Lance: Am I a nigga? Are we in Inglewood? No. You're in my home. White people who know the difference between good shit and bad shit, this is the house they come to. Now, my shit, I'll take the Pepsi challenge with that Amsterdam shit, any day of the fucking week.
Vincent: That's a bold statement.
Lance: This ain't Amsterdam, Vince. This is a sellers market. Coke is fucking dead as ? dead. Heroin, it's coming back in a big fucking way.

:upsidedow

tarintino pulled the what's in the box shit with hell ride too, aaack!

Exactly a MacGuffin. I think he ripped it off from an older Film Noir.

Repo Man had a glowing briefcase to.

In Pulp Fiction all that shit ya saw was about Wallaces Flesh light in a briefcase.
THats it end of story. He wanted his fucking Fleshlight back after the nerds tried to fuck him over while trying to fix it.

Royal with cheese says it all.

Who gives a shit, just watch the fucking movie and enjoy it.

No Alien, in Repo Man the trunk of the car J Frank Parnell is driving glowed. It had dead aliens in it.

The only thing QT has ever said about the glowing briefcase is that is was kind of a nod to the movie Repo Man.

The bit about the soul and what not is pure fan speculation.

I saw that, they burn down a house by the beach with some radioactive crap in in case, right?

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snorting heroin works :2 cents:

nah, QT is on video where he discusses the movie he lifted it from. he even ran a clip of it. again, i can't recall the title, but it may have been a robert mitchum movie. him and an actress open the case to reveal the glow.

i was wrong about robert mitchum. it was ralph meeker as mike hammer. kiss me deadly 1955.

Yer right. But that is where the concept came from:) Not showing the good leaving one to question of what it is. There is nothing like a "What's in the box" question to an audience in entertainment.

The "Whats in the box" game is quite popular.

If one were to look at Pulp Fiction not so much as a "Reality" movie but rather an Urban fantasy then the conclusions of Wallaces soul in the brief case makes much more sense.

The idea of Pulp Fiction being an Urban Fantasy holds even more true when ya realise that the scene above says it all. There is no way short of a miracle that kid with the .44 Mag missed them at close range with 6 shots. It was a Miracle if not an utter impossibility.

Another point that is important to note reinforces Urban Fantasy is yes the Bandaid on Wallaces neck where his soul could have been removed and ended up in the brief case. His "Business Partners" tried to do something with Wallaces soul and got messed up. "Best Intentions" what happens with "Best Intentions"?

Thus again the scene above concludes Urban Fantasy.

Now in a later scene John Travolta is killed why?
Because he lost his Shepherd and Guardian.

The songs in the movie ( Son Of A Preacher Man ) also verify alot of what QT is trying to say and well what I am trying to say is Pulp Fiction is an urban fantasy. Even the title of the movie confirms that it is:)

ALl the dot's connect up when it is viewed as a Christian Urban Fantasy with Angels and Devils, good and Evil and those that are entrapped in the middle of these forces.

So funny....I was talking about this movie last night because somebody went to the restroom and came back to their food!

shop basement part is rocking :)

the part i never figured out about pulp fiction was why did Marsellus throw Tony out of that fourth-story window.

Really? Didnt know that. I smoked it few times.

You can't mess with a mans womans feet

Plus, the combination to the brief case was 666, so they were essential recovering his soul from the devil. :2 cents:

Fucking movie RULES