Comments at the Margins: Bernard Werber on Ant-Man
The movie By Péter MARTON ** Join the European Science Fiction group on Facebook for related discussions. ** Having recently seen Ant-Man (2015, directed by Peyton Reed), I turned to the internet to find out if Bernard Werber, author of the 1991 novel Les fourmis (and the larger La saga des fourmis ), had anything to say about the movie. For me, ants in SF equal Werber's work to start with. It is a mandatory reference point to have in any conversation. And it is so for some in France, too. As I found out, this means on the one hand that he was invited to offer a critical review of the film as well as interviewed about it. On the other hand, this doesn't mean much more than that... Below, an excerpt from the interview to explain this. This comes after Werber reveals how his work has gone on to inspire some in France who sold the idea to the US where a producer took it from one studio to the other... so Werber was completely forgotten by everyone involv...