I think it has something to do with the philosophy of existentialism , the founder of which is usually just consider the Dane Soren Kierkegaard . In Russia , vibrant followers of this philosophy can be called Lev Shestov and Nikolai Berdyaev , and of course Dostoevsky. So as Leonid Andreyev , one of his novel "The Life of Basil Thebes " is worth . Poignant thing at the time I was amazed . It was with her ​​, I had a certain perception of literature as a charming, the most similar to a verbal picture, so to speak . What is called expressionism in the literature.

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The same " Stalker" for example. There are many similar frames.
As for existentialism in the Russian tradition of painting , it is a difficult question. With the move was hard for me to remember the artist, which could be attributed to this category. Selected works of different artists could cite as an example .
Perhaps in this context it would be appropriate to turn to the avant-garde , to the same instance Suprematism ( Malevich ) . As an option .
And oddly enough , but why that comes to mind iconography ... and Mikhail Nesterov ...

Something I'm in the " Stalker " and daughter of the Stalker ( cameo role ), his wife ( Alisa Freundlich ) and another episode with a lady who Solonitsyna hero brought to the car, and more women do not remember , let alone someone from the back Tarkovsky it took off ?

I was not referring solely to the back of the head shots of women . There's a lot of shots just did the three main characters from the back .
And the film itself , by the way , in the spirit of existentialism in the highest degree.

And, then I understand you correctly:

It is believed that existentialism - is emerging a new religion, destined to replace Christianity. We are talking about the shift from a metaphysical apprehension of the future to assess the weight of the physical existence (which is inherent in the term .)
Probably so was " And oddly enough , but why that comes to mind iconography ... "
This process is accelerated when the definition of " existentialism " is replaced by the more accurate term (such as " essence " ) .