- After WWII, Western animations emphasized individualism, freedom, and consumerism, while Eastern animations promoted collective values, and social harmony, and Eastern animations often used simpler styles and symbolic imager due to limited resources. Western studios had larger budgets and commercial success, while Eastern studios relied on state funding and faced censorship.
- The Czech film, “The Hand,” was considered subversive by the government because it criticized totalitarianism, deviated from socialist realist aesthetics, and challenged the regime’s authority over artistic expression. The film’s symbolism of repression and defiance threatened the regimes’ control over cultural narratives, resulting in censorship and suppression of the film.
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