Bruce Willis

So let's see. If Bruce Willis makes $14 million a picture, and the average film takes five or six months to shoot, then he makes about $100,000 a day. But what really runs up the cost of filmmaking is paying union workers minimum scale of $200 a day? In the interview, Willis claims that filmmaking is a collaborative process. It seems it is creatively collaborative, but not financially collaborative. MARILYN ADAMS Los Angeles

Regarding Robert W. Welkos' comprehension of the boxer Bruce Willis portrays so well in "Pulp Fiction" ("Yes, Virginia, That Was Bruce Willis," Film Clips, Jan. 29): Willis' character takes the money to take a dive. Then John Travolta's character insults the hell out of him, giving him reason to change his mind about the dive. He doesn't "refuse to take a dive," as Welkos wrote. He decides to win the fight instead, killing his opponent in the process, knowing his failure to carry through on his contract with the bad guy is a terminal mistake.