Mel Gibson's Hacksaw Ridge premieres at the Venice Film Festival

By Stephanie Bunbury
Updated September 6 2016 - 1:18pm, first published September 5 2016 - 5:39pm
Mel Gibson's <i>Hacksaw Ridge</i>. Photo: Photo Credit: Mark Rogers
Mel Gibson's <i>Hacksaw Ridge</i>. Photo: Photo Credit: Mark Rogers
Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss in <i>Hacksaw Ridge</i>. Photo: Supplied
Andrew Garfield as Desmond Doss in <i>Hacksaw Ridge</i>. Photo: Supplied

"I think the most difficult thing in life – and I struggle with this all the time – is to overcome your own fallen nature," says Mel Gibson. After the world premiere at the Venice Film Festival of his film Hacksaw Ridge, which centres on one man's moral response to war, he found himself being asked to explain his own values.

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