意大利一部宗教电影出现耶稣基督喝罐装可乐的情节和画面，梵蒂冈教廷看了并没意见，反倒引起了可口可乐公司不满。 0 ~* \- v7 F. U7 x- ]6 e- N0 ?. Q( B5 @" j6 [2 Y
这部名叫“距耶路撒冷七公里”的影片将于本周五耶稣受难日当天在意大利上映。电影以虚构手法讲述耶稣基督于21世纪在中东传教和生活的情况，传教期间，他在沙漠遇上男主角福特，还喝了罐装可口可乐。5 V- n: {8 p% X; Z w+ d% V
- m& A0 p4 m9 h" B; u. A6 L 意大利可口乐公司看到影片后，去函投诉，指不能接受电影公司未经授权使用其旗下品牌。 7 a( X5 ]) j+ d5 [ ( s/ ]8 M1 q ?5 Y 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。 ! N3 h/ e# h' s3 L* x$ X) c$ h; } Z K
Jesus could turn water into wine, but he certainly didn't drink Coca-Cola.: Z7 ?: p% U, i4 }, c1 l
) b8 t0 g9 r4 e& y/ P& JAt 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. * ~0 ` Q; M! `% f0 C, b$ L/ G U( P2 z% o
In Claudio Malaponti's "Seven Kilometers From Jerusalem," Jesus drinks the soft drink during a dusty Jeep ride through the desert. D3 Z, {8 l, c# n2 q# }) i
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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. 7 s/ y1 L, D; K# V; a: Z* \4 z+ z2 m% _" 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.”& j4 G8 k3 N3 k+ w% \, w. U9 Q
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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.
