#this violent admiration

[philiponmycracker]

Tom Hulce at the 56th Academy Awards 1984, as Best Actor nominee for Amadeus

Cause @historianmaybe5 and I were talking about what could have been going through his head at the Oscars, sitting there tense and nervous, also having decided to come out officially should they call him up on the stage. Oh how wonderful it would have been to watch Mr Hulce get up there as a "new rising star", going from virtually being unknown to winning Best Actor for a lead role in one of the greatest movies ever made, declaring himself gay and proud in front of the whole world. Being aware of the potential risk of damaging a promising career before it even took off. And I can't help but wonder what an impact it could have made for the queer comunity back in 1984 during the AIDS epidemic and all. The nervous smile and that kindness in his eyes. Then the explosion of joy, of pure excitement, cheering for his co-star winning the award and my god I just can't admire him enough My sweet king

[philiponmycracker]

A beautiful press photo of Tom Hulce talking about Mozart's life during the Milwaukee Symphony concert at Uihlein Hall, 1985

[philiponmycracker]

Tom Hulce as Quasimodo with his beautiful, unique and emotional voice - The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)

[philiponmycracker]

I know not how to stop making gifs of baby Tom Hulce from Forget-Me-Not Lane (1974), my heart is going to explode

[philiponmycracker]

"About once a month now I gather in some church meeting house or a concert hall with handsome men all my own age. And in the front row is usually a couple my parents' age. The father's in a suit, the mother's tasteful, pleasant face. And we listen for half an hour to testimonials, memories and amusing anecdotes about a son, a friend, a lover… All handsome, all my own age who none of us will ever see again. And after the first, the fifth, the fifteenth of these gatherings, a sadness like yours seems like a luxury."

"You see, my world gets narrower and narrower. A person only has so many close friends, and in our lives, our friends are our families, and I'm actually quite hurt you don't understand that."

Tom Hulce as Peter Patrone - The Heidi Chronicles (1995)

[philiponmycracker]

My beautiful king Tom Hulce as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry - Wings of Courage (dir. Jean-Jacques Annaud, 1995)

Run time is little less than 40 mins, and this is the first dramatic film shot in IMAX 3D. Just with his presence he makes every single minute count. I honestly think Tom is insanely gorgeous in this film, and oh you can hear him speak in his natural voice, so soft and kind, my god... I was actually blushing.

[philiponmycracker]

I really admire your enthusiasm for Tom Hulce. You would legit go to battle for him; that’s dedication

(I just like Amadeus)

my gosh thank you @thunderbumbl yes YES i silently scream LET ME FIGHT FOR YOU MR HULCE! I WILL DESTROY YOUR ENEMIES MY LIEGE, COMMAND ME TO BATTLE MY KING as I clench my fists and bite my lips in tears, watching yet another obscure 80s film he's in I had spent weeks tracking down, often navigating through and/or dodging thousands of bots and viruses... as i condem my laptop to its dark fate. So for months I have been completely losing my shit, trembling in FURY fuelled by blind violent admiration... just to start searching for the next obscure movie he did, obviously only ever released on VHS which to my fcking "surprise" turns out to be a 38 minutes 20 seconds long short film by a French director, and whyyyyyyyyyyy so few and difficult movies my liege?!! Why would you do this, is this a test to my dedication, my loyalty, my king? oh but i swear to god if this is my Mission I WIL FIGHT FOR YOU whatever it takes, and it does feel like i'm on a crusade and I'm gon burn this place down if i have to cause omfg