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。4 X6 D) D# e( b* M/ y
7 l _' g, Q9 y( I( B 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。 & t( q. M) ?' l( Y8 T 9 J! e; g, ]; p B' J9 E, ^ 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。" ?- u; k1 s0 y; Z" M( o, \
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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。0 n( G9 |! U! R0 F) x/ V0 O
9 E% t! U+ b, D1 d: uJesus could turn water into wine, but he certainly didn't drink Coca-Cola.$ v' I! I* ] B, ?% k
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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. / U# A( t- n0 G, b+ \8 M : R; l$ f7 \% J7 X1 Y m8 ?In Claudio Malaponti's "Seven Kilometers From Jerusalem," Jesus drinks the soft drink during a dusty Jeep ride through the desert.3 C# e# L7 [' l5 I
& I1 g E" B/ G9 y; o% a9 }2 LCoca-Cola Italia wants the scene to be cut before the film's Friday release. It's a demand the filmmaker thinks is ridiculous.$ n+ U+ n5 E3 q) M D* r @
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“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.”- g% F: t; |$ S2 ]4 Q4 }, q
9 V# M. K6 y4 c2 k. v/ MBut 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.
