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Title: CBS Chicago Vault: Protests at 1986 Chicago premiere of Godard's controversial film, "Hail Mary" over nudity
Link: Original article on cbsnews.com
Region: US
Topics: film; premiere; controversial; dont; siskel; mary; facets; vault; nudity; protesters; godards; chicago; movie; hail; virgin; protests; Vincent Canby; Hail Mary; Jean-Luc Godard; Nudity; Virginity; Pope John Paul II; Gynaecology; French language; Joseph Bernardin; Nativity of Jesus; Slant Magazine; WBBM-TV; Digital media; Angel; Filmmaking; Basketball; The New York Times; Pregnancy
Datetime: 4/2/2026, 6:45:05 PM
Summary: You don't hear about French filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard's controversial film "Hail Mary" these days, and its content as described in reviews sounds tame compared to what comes onto our phone screens now. "Hail Mary" retells the story of the Nativity with the action moved to 1980s Switzerland. "'Hail Mary' is limpid, serene, and, for all the pubic hair on display, glowingly chaste. In January 1986, a screening of "Hail Mary" at the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor was delayed by a bomb threat, according to a contemporary news report. "Hail Mary" can be streamed on Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, and other streaming services....

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