Third Cinema and the State

While third cinema is inherently political in practice and rejects the view of cinema as a vehicle for personal expression its seems that third cinema would not be able to exist without the very bodies it often rejects. It seems that the aim is to appeal to the masses by presenting the truth and inspiring aggressive activity against the state, but it is clear that third cinema cannot survive without state protection and financing. The line between political underground activism and the necessity of the state to develop this form of media is blurred. The use of the states materials should lead to a loss of validity in third cinemas political aims. However this observation goes unnoticed.