Saw the Pulp last night (for about the 100th time).

I've always wondered what's in the briefcase.

I've heard things. I've also heard that even Tarantino doesn't know.
But it seems like it would be something.

What do you guys think? What's in the case?

A Macguffin.

Dylan wrote:A Macguffin.

uranium (see Notorious)
government secrets (see North by Northwest)
Hitchcock was the King of McGuffins

Dylan wrote:A Macguffin.

good answer, good answer

I always thought it was the Death Star tapes myself or the gold bars from O Lucky Man

A small glowing light, designed to intrigue moviegoers everywhere.

I watched Pulp Fiction and didn't care what was in the case. I watched the movies he stole the idea from, Kiss Me Deadly and Repo Man, and in those I did care.

That's "The Great Whatzitz?"...

It is a tribute to Kiss Me Deadly, a great film.

Jay

Clearly a knock off of the great finale to Kiss Me Deadly, which was also ripped by Raiders of the Lost Ark (even more directly) and Repo Man, as has been noted.

I have always thought that the Grail was in the brief case. It reminded me of an old Harlan Ellison short story wherein a guy looks for and eventually finds the grail (in NYC high rise apt.). He looks into the grail just as Travolta's character does. I don't know, of course, and the movie was an overall disappointment of the highest degree, so I do not really care, either.

Its Marcelas's soul..why do you think he had the band-aid on the back of his neck?

It's the screenplay. And a small penlight.