: Allows non-native English speakers to follow the complex dialogue and emotional nuances in their primary language.
Hacksaw Ridge tells the true story of Desmond Doss, a Seventh-day Adventist conscientious objector who served as a combat medic during the Battle of Okinawa in World War II. The film is characterized by a stark binary: the quiet, principled life of Doss’s upbringing in rural Virginia, and the deafening, chaotic brutality of the battlefield. While visual cinematography often takes precedence in war film critiques, the auditory dimension of Hacksaw Ridge is paramount to its storytelling. This paper utilizes the concept of "dual audio"—referring both to the technical distribution of the film in multiple languages and the film’s internal audio conflict—to argue that sound is the primary vehicle for the film's exploration of conviction. hacksaw ridge dual audio