{"id":88500,"date":"2022-11-26T21:06:01","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T04:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=88500"},"modified":"2024-02-10T01:34:12","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T08:34:12","slug":"alfie-1966","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=88500","title":{"rendered":"Alfie (1966)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;You&#8217;ve got to live for yourself in this world, not for others.&#8221; <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Poster-197x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-88502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Poster-197x300.png 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Poster.png 623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn inveterate womanizer named Alfie (Michael Caine) seduces and then abandons or neglects one &#8220;bird&#8221; after the other &#8212; including a fun-loving married woman (Millicent Martin), a subservient young woman (Julia Foster) who becomes pregnant with Alfie&#8217;s child, a red-headed runaway (Jane Asher), a beautiful nurse (Shirley Anne Field), a middle-aged American (Shelley Winters), and the wife (Vivien Merchant) of a man (Alfie Bass) Alfie meets during his time at a sanitorium.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Character Study<\/li>\n<li>Denholm Elliott Films<\/li>\n<li>Michael Caine Films<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptation<\/li>\n<li>Shelley Winters Films<\/li>\n<li>Shirley Anne Fields Films<\/li>\n<li>Womanizers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nMichael Caine earned his first Oscar nomination performing the title role in this adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alfie_(play)\">Bill Naughton&#8217;s 1963 stage play<\/a>, about a deeply self-serving man who objectifies women and lives purely for his own pleasure. Alfie refers to women as non-gendered &#8220;birds&#8221; (&#8220;She or it &#8212; they&#8217;re all birds.&#8221;) and genuinely believes that &#8220;any bird that knows its place in this world can be quite content.&#8221; He turns and talks directly to the camera throughout the film, as though everyone watching will be deeply interested in every detail of his life: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine-Breathing.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine-Breathing-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine-Breathing-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine-Breathing-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine-Breathing-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine-Breathing-768x323.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine-Breathing-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine-Breathing.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and he possesses absolute confidence in his words. He explains to us, for instance, why he sees no problem in having a secret affair with a married woman, given that, &#8220;We&#8217;re having fun. Why hurt him? You like to see everybody happy. I don&#8217;t believe in making anybody unhappy or in making an enemy. You could be crossing the Sahara desert, and he&#8217;d be just the bloke you&#8217;d meet.&#8221; Indeed, Alfie knows all the tricks of enjoying life without getting into too much trouble &#8212; which includes simply dumping his latest fling-on-the-side (Martin) without telling her he&#8217;s about to do so. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Martin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Martin-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Martin-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Martin-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Martin-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Martin-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Martin-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Martin.png 1294w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, back on the home front he lives with a submissive woman (Foster) whose primary care in life is ensuring her man is happy: &#8220;Did you enjoy yourself? That&#8217;s the main thing.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster3-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster3-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster3-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster3-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster3-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster3-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster3.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When Foster gets pregnant and decides to keep the baby, we can&#8217;t help cheering for her tentative courage, while also making note of Alfie&#8217;s dismissiveness &#8212; until a boy arrives and he decides he likes at least the fun portions of parenthood.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Feeding-Pigeons.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Feeding-Pigeons-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Feeding-Pigeons-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Feeding-Pigeons-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Feeding-Pigeons-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Feeding-Pigeons-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Feeding-Pigeons-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Feeding-Pigeons.png 1279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A particularly challenging entanglement occurs when Alfie seduces the lonely wife (Merchant) of his sick friend (Bass), and she gets into a type of trouble that can&#8217;t simply be ignored away; her predicament leads to a chilling sequence (featuring Denholm Elliott in a key role) that was kept out of the 2004 remake with Jude Law. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Elliott5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Elliott5-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Elliott5-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Elliott5-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Elliott5-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Elliott5-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Elliott5-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Elliott5.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another interlude shows Alfie slyly picking up a beautiful but sad young woman (Asher) who gets through her grief at losing her previous lover through staying busy with cooking and cleaning; she puts up with everything Alfie throws at her until he finally reads her journals &#8212; &#8220;You ain&#8217;t entitled to your secret thoughts, not living with me!&#8221; &#8212; and she realizes she&#8217;s had enough. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Asher5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Asher5-1024x436.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"273\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Asher5-1024x436.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Asher5-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Asher5-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Asher5-768x327.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Asher5-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Asher5.png 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So it goes with each of the women in Alfie&#8217;s life. He does finally meet his match in Winters&#8217; brash Ruby, who enjoys commitment-free sex as much as him &#8212; but he comes to realize that his position with her isn&#8217;t as secure as he realized. If you don&#8217;t mind spending two hours with a narcissistic womanizer like Alfie, you&#8217;ll surely enjoy this nicely photographed flick (directed by Lewis Gilbert) &#8212; but I don&#8217;t believe it&#8217;s must-see for all film fanatics. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Painting.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Painting-1024x438.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Painting-1024x438.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Painting-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Painting-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Painting-768x328.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Painting-604x258.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Painting.png 1289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> That painting on the wall to the left in Winters&#8217; apartment &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_Girl\">&#8220;Green Girl&#8221; by Vladimir Tretchikoff<\/a> &#8212; turns out to be one of the most famous mass-produced prints in art history; it&#8217;s also seen in Hitchcock&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=7668\"><em>Frenzy<\/em> (1972)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Michael Caine as Alfie<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine2-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine2-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine2-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine2-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine2-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Caine2.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Julia Foster as Gilda<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster2-1024x430.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88507\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster2-1024x430.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster2-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster2-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster2-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster2-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Foster2.png 1299w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vivien Merchant as Lily<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Merchant.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Merchant-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Merchant-1024x429.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Merchant-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Merchant-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Merchant-768x322.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Merchant-604x253.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Merchant.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Shelley Winters as Ruby<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Winters.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Winters-1024x421.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"263\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-88505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Winters-1024x421.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Winters-300x123.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Winters-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Winters-768x316.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Winters-604x248.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Alfie-Winters.png 1291w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Otto Heller&#8217;s cinematography\n<\/li>\n<li>Sonny Rollins&#8217; score <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s worth a one-time look for Caine&#8217;s performance, if you can stomach it. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0060086\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/trailersfromhell.com\/alfie-1966-my-generation\/\">Trailers From Hell Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/3966\/alfie#articles-reviews?articleId=99309\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1966\/08\/25\/archives\/screen-alfie-story-of-a-cockney-antihero-begins-run-heremovie-more.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve got to live for yourself in this world, not for others.&#8221; Synopsis: An inveterate womanizer named Alfie (Michael Caine) seduces and then abandons or neglects one &#8220;bird&#8221; after the other &#8212; including a fun-loving married woman (Millicent Martin), a subservient young woman (Julia Foster) who becomes pregnant with Alfie&#8217;s child, a red-headed runaway (Jane Asher), a beautiful nurse (Shirley Anne Field), a middle-aged American (Shelley Winters), and the wife (Vivien 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