It’s a week of fabulousness and queer culture in home entertainment, kicking off with Baz Luhrmann’s OTT 3D adaptation of The Great Gatsby.
Documentary Scatter My Ashes as Bergdorf‘s (above) gives retail queens an insider look at the iconic fashion emporium, and the landmark miniseries Tales of the City, based on Armistead Maupin’s novel, gets an extras-loaded 20th Anniversary Edition release.
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($44.95 3D Blu-ray, $35.95 Blu-ray, $28.98 DVD; Warner Bros.)
Yet again director Baz Luhrmann mashes up a classic with anachronisms, modern music stylings, and OTT big-screen flair. This time, he casts Leonardo DiCaprio, Carey Mulligan, and Tobey Maguire in this take on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel about a wannabe writer who falls into the social circle and dramas of a party-throwing, enigmatic millionaire. This is eye-popping spectacle, in 3D to boot, with songs by the likes of Jay-Z and will.i.am. Extras include seven featurettes, deleted scenes, and more.
($49.99 DVD; Acorn Media)
Originally aired in 1993, this Emmy-nominated PBS 6-hour miniseries is based on Armistead Maupin’s first entry in his popular City novel series. Olympia Dukakis heads up the cast as Anna Madrigal, the transgender house mother to residents of a San Francisco boardinghouse – including a gay gynecologist (Billy Campbell), a Midwest transplant (Laura Linney), and a lesbian fag hag (Chloe Webb) – during the decadent, pre-AIDS 1970s. This was groundbreaking stuff, with fresh, natural depictions of LGBT characters rarely seen on TV screens. Extras on this 20th Anniversary Edition include audio commentaries on three episodes, behind the scenes footage, an insert featuring an introduction by Maupin, and notes from producer Alan Poul.
Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf’s
($24.99 DVD; E1 Entertainment)
A quintessential Fifth Avenue department store, NYC’s 112-year-old Bergdorf Goodman receives the documentary treatment here. Dishy anecdotes and testimonies about the iconic emporium’s history and present are shared by designers, fashionistas, and employees including Karl Lagerfeld, Michael Kors, Joan Rivers, Vera Wang, Jason Wu, and enough names to fill out Vogue‘s September Issue.
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