Ryan Gosling has masterfully managed to avoid the mainstream movie-industry machinery that transforms young actors into slowly traded commodities—ironically, by playing a collection of brilliant psychotics, desperate romantics, crack-addicted idealists, confused self-loathers, and sex doll–infatuated delusionals fit for a hollywood boardroom. Introducing the heavy-duty, high-definition, next-generation, movie-stardom-avoiding movie star.