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。 # m( V, g' a6 ?* {0 E' g' d+ N" A6 Q- p" T# f/ c
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。 ( c. M+ O- ? w7 f5 H) `. u" i , p7 K% \- W l4 ], H 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。 0 o3 g6 E% ?, S2 V2 U; |2 W1 U ) z$ H4 r- S) `+ L; p 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# r4 t Z* q# v4 V$ Z& [/ y
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Jesus could turn water into wine, but he certainly didn't drink Coca-Cola. ) d9 A; N6 w7 {- n3 ? : d+ y X4 _' \1 d) Z- 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. " |- q7 M! A0 g. F- x e! N: z 2 x* b; X: r4 Y5 l4 Y: `3 zIn Claudio Malaponti's "Seven Kilometers From Jerusalem," Jesus drinks the soft drink during a dusty Jeep ride through the desert. : D- ?( F2 z/ q" p- D$ F3 s0 D ; h3 R' H+ B5 v$ c B( g- R* VCoca-Cola Italia wants the scene to be cut before the film's Friday release. It's a demand the filmmaker thinks is ridiculous. 8 c, _ k1 U! @3 s6 Y S9 i% b* p) I8 c: {/ P' o |( q
“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.” 0 Y; M! d" |2 |" Z; {. [! H 9 U/ `! e6 t, p9 S; W2 u+ X# LBut 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.
