The Swinging Sixties in the Portrayal of Bill Naughton's Alfie

Abstract

So I shall examine how history and the Swinging Sixties influence the life of Alfie, how the traits of the sixties are present in his life. Comparing the original cinematic adaptation to the more recent one I analyse the two different eras and point out the potential differences between them to outline how the social, cultural, economic situation shifted from the second half of the 20th to the 21st century.