Why the Mulholland Drive pleased the audience in a primitive way? It is better to know that why people love scared movies before we understand this question. As Science Daily reported, “Horror movie viewers are happy to be unhappy. This novel approach to emotion reveals that people experience both negative and positive emotions simultaneously -- people may actually enjoy being scared, not just relief when the threat is removed.” (ScienceDaily) In other words, for some people, to be scared is a kind of primitive pleasure. The Mulholland Drive has successfully created this kind of pleasure for the audience in its last 10 minutes. 
Sunday, December 4, 2011
Primitive Pleasure
Why the Mulholland Drive pleased the audience in a primitive way? It is better to know that why people love scared movies before we understand this question. As Science Daily reported, “Horror movie viewers are happy to be unhappy. This novel approach to emotion reveals that people experience both negative and positive emotions simultaneously -- people may actually enjoy being scared, not just relief when the threat is removed.” (ScienceDaily) In other words, for some people, to be scared is a kind of primitive pleasure. The Mulholland Drive has successfully created this kind of pleasure for the audience in its last 10 minutes. 
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