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。- x9 ?$ Y9 A0 d* m
0 Y3 _( f7 ~/ l M. o 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。 & }$ P& |0 M5 K9 P+ Q9 K& _4 o/ `0 C' p9 f2 {7 T! ~
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。" }5 h: L- t2 s$ N4 c
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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。 : X+ R8 P: D4 C$ F0 \, k 7 n1 k: R+ W4 W* X' x2 {3 }Jesus could turn water into wine, but he certainly didn't drink Coca-Cola. y& G4 |! d4 O
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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.* I3 ^6 v, }7 q* H
6 }3 t* K! J' n* CIn Claudio Malaponti's "Seven Kilometers From Jerusalem," Jesus drinks the soft drink during a dusty Jeep ride through the desert. & X2 C9 w* S- g& d7 p, R$ H4 {+ k) ]" D: R+ a; N
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 o6 t" A0 {5 ^7 j3 [9 }; p 6 E. C4 v7 v; P“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.” 9 j4 I1 B% p$ \7 J2 T" {+ h" e5 @- l* D: r+ h" A# l
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.
