Daily Archives: April 2, 2022

I feel  that the difference in animation  between the West and the East was different .In  the  sense that in the west animation was more modern when it came to animation and what I mean by that is the level of themes and idea that were used were more advanced.  Given the  economic situation was much better and artists were able to produce higher quality films given the opportunity that they could be more  open minded when it came time to create films. Opposed to the East that was not in the same position economically speaking and therefore had to be more closed minded in a way and what I mean by that is they created more  average films that had to relate to specific themes and ideas.

The reason the government saw the film as subversive is because they thought this film was a threat to their communist system. Despite the short film being simple just for children considering it was a puppet film, the message of the short film was worrying for the Czech government. The story of the film illustrated a sculptor was being bothered by a giant hand and that the giant hand wanted him to bend his will which the sculptor refused to submit in the end. The film was giving a message that nobody should force you to do something and to never bend your will over something. This kind of message could’ve sparked a revolution against the Czech government because the government was an oppressive communist party. That is the reason they refused to let this film get released due to its story and message.

The “Private Snafu” cartoons used humor to in “Fighting Tools” to make their point get to the audience. The film was pretty simple, the detail wasn’t too much but neither too little. The drawings were smooth along with the different frames. In “Fighting Tools” there was a lot of singing about his weapons being one of the best ones ever but turns out it wasn’t when he was using it. He got in contact with the other solider from the enemy side and realized that his gun was no match for the enemy because they didn’t take care of their guns or equipment. The enemy side decided to make fun of the American solider singing how his gun was no match for theirs because he didn’t take care of his gun.

I think the film was seen as subversive because it showcased the message of going against the communist governing of the Czech government. It showcased this artist who was just trying to live his life and perhaps didn’t agree with the communist ways of the Czech government and wanted to have some kind of control of his life. The hand was probably the representation of the Czech government and their actions. They didn’t want that giving them a bad name or exposing their true actions behind their communist ways. They wanted people to see their way of communism as good when in the video “The Hand”, it showed that it did things pretty forcibly and controlled people as if they were puppets with no mind of their own. The end resulting in the death showcased even more how horrible the Czech government was to their people and the serious oppression going on with the government rule.