warning: don't read if you haven't seen PULP FICTION Hi Richard (who I haven't seen in years; ain't e-mail great) and others: I agree that the relation of THE KILLER INSIDE ME to PULP FICTION seems unclear -- Tarantino seems interested in making our identifications with characters difficult, but not in the way the seeing through the eyes of a killer does in Thompson. And aren't questions about the basement scene avoiding the obvious potential for homophobic readings of it? If you're an auteurist, you might simply note that Tarantino seems to like to tie characters up on chairs and scare the hell out of them, but I assume the debate over the scene will finally have to focus on the presentation of anal rape as the scene's "shocking" revelation of what goes on down in that room. As someone noted on this list, the film's urbanization of DELIVERANCE is relevant here.