does anyone know what the last samurai is about? 
i think it's about language?
what's the plot?
it's about how language develops and then disintegrates leaving
only plot and the story continues sort of
blithely on.  

but. i'm only on page 50,and the movie is already
a blur. 

i read sasha hemon's book the book of my lives in a night (thanks mm, and with curious underscores) and it made me see chicago like a displaced person, and note that i too am a displaced person though i was born here but.