Editing Last and First Men (section)

== Film adaptation ==
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Icelandic composer [[Jóhann Jóhannsson]] directed and scored a multimedia ''[[Last and First Men (film)|Last and First Men]]'', "combining a film narrated by actress [[Tilda Swinton]] and accompanying score played by the [[BBC Philharmonic]]" at the 2017 [[Manchester International Festival]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://confidentials.com/manchester/mif-2017-last-and-first-men-reviewed-manchester-international-festival |title=MIF 2017 - Last and First Men, Reviewed |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=7 July 2017 |website=Confidentials Manchester |access-date=25 March 2018 }}</ref> The 16mm black-and-white film is predominantly of [[World War II monuments and memorials in Yugoslavia|memorial sculptures]] erected in the former [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|SFR Yugoslavia]]. Jóhann collaborated with [[José Enrique Macián]] on writing the narration adapted from Stapledon's novel. This was next performed at the [[Barbican Centre]], London in December 2018, and later at Sydney Opera House as part of the Vivid Festival, on 2 June 2019. In 2020, a film of this work was released as Jóhann's debut and final directorial work, with sound artist [[Yair Elazar Glotman]] completing the work after Jóhann's death in February 2018. The film premiered at the [[70th Berlin International Film Festival]], and later screened at other film festivals around the world and released on VOD.