Noah Brier | November 2, 2024
The Saturday Selection, Vol. 26
On anime vs. Aronofsky, owing more than the world's total GDP, and a crow's grudges.
Every day, WITI’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our new Saturday send for paid readers, we’re rounding up 11 of the best.
It’s WITI, on the weekend.
Why are these interesting?
Russia fines Google more money than there is in entire world (BBC)
Aka, two undecillion roubles.
The Real History of ‘Perfect Blue’ and ‘Requiem for a Dream’ (Animation Obsessive)
Nice dispatch from the Animation Obsessive newsletter.
If You Think You Can Hold a Grudge, Consider the Crow (New York Times)
The brainy, dive-bombing birds carry big chips on their shoulders—but sometimes struggle with mistaken identity.