After watching both of these films, made within the same decade, it's clear to see they both have strong meanings behind them (see previous post to watch "Ruka").
Zagreb used the traditional 2D frame by frame animation, with simple shapes and only 4 characters (including the shark) to portray how one character can control/create a whole world, just the way he likes it, with inflatable items. However the plot twist at the end shows that even the main character is inflatable, so ultimately is also controlled by some much bigger power.
This could link back to the government during the 2nd World War being the higher power, as it does with "Ruka".
It could also represent how during that time period, males thought themselves to be superior to females, in the way that the main character is trying to control the woman he created, and also destroys her when she doesn't do what he wants.
Watching this compared with Ruka shows me that they both have a similar message, about empowerment during/the end of WWII, but have been represented in different ways. Zagreb used the more subtle, humorous way, and Jiri Trnka took a much more serious approach, showing the puppet not being able to escape the clutches of the hand.
They also use a different animating style, both traditional, but Erzatz is all hand drawn and Ruka uses models as stop motion props.
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