Why were New Wave directors in Eastern Europe freer to try out fresh subjects, themes, and styles than their Soviet counterparts? What political, economic, and cultural conditions led to the rise of new Eastern European movements? How did their films reflect or modify the conventions of western art cinema? Focus your response by drawing on representative New Wave films from two of the following four countries: Poland, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary.

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