% ]" A7 d- G) d% t 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。% S1 d3 N- E4 K: k) }0 S5 @, X
+ P" R; a+ \' a3 b& N0 sJesus could turn water into wine, but he certainly didn't drink Coca-Cola.+ G( `* u; P( T7 p X# |$ t
6 M9 q, N5 H: Y2 Y% Y1 j! cAt 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. $ Z2 q3 t' P9 k $ L2 n) S5 n, i4 |$ bIn Claudio Malaponti's "Seven Kilometers From Jerusalem," Jesus drinks the soft drink during a dusty Jeep ride through the desert.* s- w1 I8 x2 z
" u9 F \/ Y2 p4 b! ~Coca-Cola Italia wants the scene to be cut before the film's Friday release. It's a demand the filmmaker thinks is ridiculous.9 T5 T, a! R7 ?
, M! f' z/ C: C( w! \7 R“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.”5 M0 B [* Z4 j
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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.
