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NEW YORK (CNN) -- Hundreds of Catholic protesters rallied outside the Lincoln Center premiere of "Dogma" at the New York Film Festival on Monday. They decried the work as blasphemous. The protest followed last weekend's protest by Catholics of the Brooklyn Museum of Art's presentation of an exhibit that includes a similarly criticized painting, Chris Ofili's "The Holy Virgin Mary."

"Dogma" reunites "Good Will Hunting" stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck as two fallen angels scheming to get back into heaven. God is played by recording artist Alanis Morissette. Comedian Chris Rock appears as the 13th Apostle, Rufus. It's directed by Kevin Smith, whose credits include "Chasing Amy" (1997), "Mallrats" (1995) and "Clerks" (1994). The American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property joined the Catholic League on Monday in distributing fliers that read: "'Dogma' mocks everything we hold sacred -- God, the Church, the Mass and Mary's virginity. It condones what we condemn -- murder, obscenity, violence, profanity, drugs, drunkenness and rebellion!"

The film's distributors, backers and festival officials made no comment. But in an interview with CNN.com, director Smith has called the movie "a fun little film" that's getting more attention than it probably deserves. He says, "I've seen it called anti-Catholic, anti-Christian, anti-faith, anti-God. To say the least, it's none of these things."