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www.lostlaowai.com — When Shanghai-based expat Jakob Montrasio first told me he was directing a spaghetti western set in his adopted city, I'm sure I blinked uncomprehendingly. The movie, Shangdown: The Way of the Spur is an east-meets-west kung fu cowboy mashup.

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Shangdown -- Interview with Shanghai spaghetti western director Jakob Montrasio

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