Wertmuller Regrets Letting Ritchie Remake ‘Swept Away’

Italian auteur Lina Wertmuller, whose movie ‘Swept Away’ received critical plaudits when it opened in 1974, tells Lloyd Grove of Washington Post that she now regrets allowing director Guy Ritchie and his pop star wife Madonna to produce the much-reviled remake. The prime reason for her regret is that she plans on putting out a sequel to the film, which may see financing trouble due to the black eye Madonna and Ritchie put on the flick with their horrendous remake. Wertmuller wonders, “Why did Madonna and her husband let it out? It’s very crazy. They saw the picture. So why open like that? I don’t understand. They lost money. For Madonna, it’s the name and the face. This is terrible for her.”