Original sentence: New Wave critics and directors studied the work of these and other classics.The movement has its roots deep in rebellion against the reliance on past forms (often adapted from traditional novellic structures), criticizing in particular the way these forms could force the audience to submit to a dictatorial plot-line
Edited sentence: The movement has its roots deep in rebellion against this over-reliance on past forms, especially those in which the audience must submit to a dictatorial plot-line derived from old and played-out materials.[the preceding sentence seems to express an opinion] New Wave critics and directors studied the work of these and other classics