Quentin Tarantino had a hand in both of these: he wrote the story for "NBK" and wrote/ directed "Pulp Fiction". Both were a sarcastic send-up of on-screen violence, and both were criticised for 'glorifying violence' on screen! For me, if both films are seen as a take-off on the violence in society, then "Natural Born Killers" beats "Pulp Fiction" (even though the latter is more entertaining)

The way the lead characters turn to violence and then use the media - especially television - to further their violent cause was meant to show a mirror to the audiences. Oliver Stone was saying to us: "If you as a viewer don't stay glued to the violence on the news shows and follow murderers as if they were celebrities, then maybe the news won't show that much of it". Stone referred to statistics in his interviews at the time - violent crime was DOWN in most cities over the previous 30 years, but you wouldn't know it if you watched the news on TV every day.

In the manner that the violence and horror was presented, Stone used surreal imagery brilliantly to hammer the message home - "all of this is surreal and will only be real if you want to believe it".

Tarantino only wrote the story for "NBK". With "Pulp Fiction" Tarantino used a twisted form of story-telling and kick-ass editing to show up violent society. The characters were all over-the-top or caricatures, even though the events were realistic rather than surreal as in "NBK". In the end "Pulp Fiction" ended up being entertainment at best and maybe a wonderful experiment in film-making technique and dialogue-writing.

So even though "Pulp Fiction" surely had me laughing harder, it did not really hit home with its black humour the way "Natural Born Killers" did.