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。 : k% N0 x" ]9 [+ } Q* z 8 Z$ D( U2 P3 m5 h$ l3 v 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。 6 u5 ^7 D- A) G% A; D . W1 A3 b8 ~- _. {3 ~! ~ 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。 C; h# U& m- I
& P0 h" D( k% k: F 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。 5 C4 j3 [0 H( i& M8 C d! @7 Z6 h( _" d+ T& ]
Jesus could turn water into wine, but he certainly didn't drink Coca-Cola.+ a2 F! e- ]) l/ n9 }2 b! J* e
7 g$ y! A1 K& h# W9 n% l7 qAt 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. 3 `/ t8 K' _* B0 ^1 W u( [" }! o7 @* X
In Claudio Malaponti's "Seven Kilometers From Jerusalem," Jesus drinks the soft drink during a dusty Jeep ride through the desert.8 v. B& Z2 l8 E( T7 c
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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.. D6 _6 m$ A; [6 @
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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.” j; l! D# B, s5 F % r3 q& ]( R+ B( x6 k! fBut 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.
