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.
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