/ e" X7 q( G$ n- n 但该电影导演马拉蓬蒂说，这部电影在梵蒂冈上映时颇获好评，耶稣喝可乐一幕亦没引起教廷反感，并说电影凸显了耶稣是历来最伟大的传道人，可口可乐公司的反应让他难以理解。 % v e5 C5 }. `" G& A : H8 K* z3 e0 ~Jesus could turn water into wine, but he certainly didn't drink Coca-Cola.8 h; i" L# @% V4 E) A H
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At least according to Coca-Cola Italia, a division of the soda-maker that has moved to stop an Italian filmmaker from releasing a modern-day version of the life of Christ that features Jesus polishing off a can of Coke, the Times of London reports.+ z. o1 F7 O0 |* T
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In Claudio Malaponti's "Seven Kilometers From Jerusalem," Jesus drinks the soft drink during a dusty Jeep ride through the desert.2 S# |5 d \* s
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Coca-Cola Italia wants the scene to be cut before the film's Friday release. It's a demand the filmmaker thinks is ridiculous.3 E( S, t* R; }7 S' l: R4 r# x4 a
" ~3 @2 i! C$ ^ F1 F, _“The Pope did not object to the Coca-Cola scene," Malaponti said. "It is a coherent part of a film in which Jesus is portrayed as the greatest communicator of all time. This is a profoundly religious film.”$ O4 i/ S3 z4 w* {$ {
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But company officials are adamant that the scene portrays the soda-maker in a negative light. "We are not interested in this kind of product placement," a spokeswoman for the company told the paper.
