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John Cusack as Rob Gordon in "High Fidelity"
One of the most intellectually rewarding yet socially confining strain of geekdom is the willful surrender to pop-cultural obsession, uncannily embodied by Cusack as elitist pop music devotee Rob. A record-store owner whose passion for great tunes manifests itself in precisely ordered lists and mix tapes showcasing his favorite songs and performing artists, Rob is the kind of guy whose relationships with women are complicated by the necessary allotment of room for his one true, enduring love. And when that love is for an art form that idealizes romance and heartbreak to a degree that the real world can never match, a content monogamous match feels even further out of reach.
