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TEMPTRESS OF A THOUSAND FACES
1969
Director
Chang-hwa Jeong
Starring
Tina Chin-Fei
Pat Ting Hung
Liang Chen
Runtime
83 minutes
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A delirious artifact from the twilight zone of late-’60s spy-fi exploitation cinema, TEMPTRESS OF A THOUSAND FACES is a kaleidoscope of shifting identities, erotic menace, and pop-art paranoia. The film follows a mysterious female criminal whose appearance—and allegiance—seems to change from scene to scene, ensnaring a rotating cast of hustlers, revolutionaries, and would-be saviors in a maze of seduction and betrayal. Part spy thriller, part LSD fantasia, it plays like a stack of pulp paperbacks set on fire and projected straight onto the screen. Equal parts camp and weirdly unsettling, TEMPTRESS OF A THOUSAND FACES rewards viewers who enjoy cinema at its most unruly—where narrative slips, masks multiply, and nothing stays fixed for long.
"This is without question the most fun and playful time I've had at the movies all year, an orgasmic mishmash of virtually everything that hits the highest pleasure centers of my brain. As funny as the Pink Panther series, as suspenseful and intriguing as any Bond outing, as candy-colored and costumed as DANGER: DIABOLIK, as dementedly ridiculous as BATMAN '66 or any silent French caper serial, TEMPTRESS OF A THOUSAND FACES hits an all time high of thrills while stretching the outer limits of pop-expressionism." - Tim Garlitz
A delirious artifact from the twilight zone of late-’60s spy-fi exploitation cinema, TEMPTRESS OF A THOUSAND FACES is a kaleidoscope of shifting identities, erotic menace, and pop-art paranoia. The film follows a mysterious female criminal whose appearance—and allegiance—seems to change from scene to scene, ensnaring a rotating cast of hustlers, revolutionaries, and would-be saviors in a maze of seduction and betrayal. Part spy thriller, part LSD fantasia, it plays like a stack of pulp paperbacks set on fire and projected straight onto the screen. Equal parts camp and weirdly unsettling, TEMPTRESS OF A THOUSAND FACES rewards viewers who enjoy cinema at its most unruly—where narrative slips, masks multiply, and nothing stays fixed for long.
"This is without question the most fun and playful time I've had at the movies all year, an orgasmic mishmash of virtually everything that hits the highest pleasure centers of my brain. As funny as the Pink Panther series, as suspenseful and intriguing as any Bond outing, as candy-colored and costumed as DANGER: DIABOLIK, as dementedly ridiculous as BATMAN '66 or any silent French caper serial, TEMPTRESS OF A THOUSAND FACES hits an all time high of thrills while stretching the outer limits of pop-expressionism." - Tim Garlitz