Is Reservoir Dogs part 1 and Pulp Fiction part 2? This has been the topic of debate for some time in the social circles I run in. The reason we thought this was a possibility was b/c we thought that Marcellus Wallace’s soul was what was in the brief case. The legend I heard was Marcellus sold his soul to the devil for a lot of money. He made some deals that worked out in his favor and made enough money to buy it back in Pulp Fiction.
AFAIK the suitcase is a McGuffin, what was in it didn’t matter.
As for the Part 1/Part 2- in a word, no. Its not quite that simple though. Vincent Vega (Travolta) and Vic Vega (Madsen) from PF and RD respectively are brothers. Its also speculated that Mr. White and QT’s character from Pulp Fiction were related (they have the same last name, I can’t recall it but you can easily find it if you are interested).
They both take place in LA, and probably roughly around the same time. The way I see Tarantino’s movies (and this is pure speculation on my part) is that they are all separate stories in the same world, that is, this movie world he has created, and shows us one story at a time. Recurring characters, brands, themes, and names are evidence of this. Whether its true or not I couldn’t say, but that’s my theory of Tarantino movies.
Mr Ghoul- I think Death Proof needed to be shown last, the mood wouldn’t be the same if it were the other way around.