Czechoslovakia during the cold war was ruled by the communist party and belonged to the During the Cold War, Czechoslovakia was dominated by the communist party and belonged to the Eastern Block, a collection of socialist republics in Central and Eastern Europe, East Asia, and Southeast Asia influenced by the Soviet Union and its philosophy. The country has a strong tradition of puppet theater, with the figures expressing their emotions via movement. Jiří Trnka was a national hero because of the fame he brought to Czechoslovakia with his puppet animation. The communist government saw the film as subversive at the time because it showed how the hand (Czech government) kept going into the character’s (Czech citizen’s) house and doing things their way regardless of whether it was an invasion of privacy whether he approved it or not. Even when the character (Czech citizen) smacked the hand (Czech government), it did not stop until the character created the items the hand desired. Overall, indicating how residents felt about the country since the government did not appreciate their opinions.
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World War II brought both Western and Eastern productions into a new, broader perspective. If not for the number of casualties due to the fall of totalitarian regimes, the rise of Communist governments and repression in the aftermath of the Holocaust, as well as the political boundary known as the “Iron Curtain” emerging from the chaos, which saw the Soviet Union establish a political-ideological restriction to isolate itself and its completely reliant eastern and central European allies from accessible communication with the West and other non-communist areas, maybe Eastern production could have been portrayed in a more different manner. Instead, Eastern culture’s economic and political standing was reflected in their subject products, particularly animation, as well as their productions and creative process. Because animation’s artistic and financial success was never as widespread in Europe as it was in Western culture, Eastern animators attempted to replicate Walt Disney’s and other famous animators proven model in animation and began producing propaganda and instructive films about war, earning the majority of their profit through this advertising scheme. Western culture was no different when it came to depicting political propaganda imagery in their animated film; however, aside from the economic boom, I believe their society fared much better than Eastern culture, in that they had a great deal more flexibility with what they could show the public and express their creative output, as opposed to Eastern culture, which was forced to cater to a particular audience that shared communist views. However, Western society does attempt to accommodate a capitalist perspective, thus both sides have their discrepancies
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