wrote the script with    Quentin Tarantino (qv), the original plan was to have the    briefcase contain diamonds. This seemed neither exciting nor    original, so Avary and Tarantino decided to have the briefcases    contents never appear on screen; this way each filmgoer could    mentally "fill in the blank" with whatever struck his or her    imagination as best fitting the description "so beautiful". The    orange light bulb (projecting shimmering light onto the actors    faces) was a last