This article examines the principles of artistic representation of cinema as a space for actualizing images of the unconscious in the work of Japanese animator Satoshi Kona. The research was conducted on the material of three animated films directed by the director – «Perfect Blue» (1997), «Millenium Actress» (2001), «Paprika» (2006), each of which contains an artistic image of cinema in its various manifestations. The analysis of the representation of cinema in these works of animated art was carried out using the method of psychoanalysis, based on the provisions formulated by S. Freud, J. Lacan and C. Metz. The psychoanalytic view of Satoshi Kon's creative work became the key to a new deeper understanding of the artistic idea of the studied animated works, and also allowed to study in detail Satoshi Kon's understanding of cinema as a field of manifestation of images of the human subconscious.
Satoshi Kon, animation art, psychoanalysis, the unconscious
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