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. H; ?! D; o: S8 |' n4 v
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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。5 q* L. z* _0 S7 R9 i1 e6 K c+ m. I
" K& S% S& Y* f5 P. 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。+ N$ W$ I1 K7 F% v6 H0 W- e8 d( `
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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。8 B2 m" `( R* `" `( K
! ], S8 ^& z, W0 r) ]: Y6 ?% fJesus could turn water into wine, but he certainly didn't drink Coca-Cola. 3 }( e9 B1 ~6 s8 m , L2 W* t; V: n, E: {, J; gAt 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. 4 h- r8 N- S0 M- d* L) S( P C3 B% }* ]# q9 H8 B2 a( ]4 O/ Q/ P
In Claudio Malaponti's "Seven Kilometers From Jerusalem," Jesus drinks the soft drink during a dusty Jeep ride through the desert. : B$ B& \4 B& K4 O. |- t) |6 N7 n7 C8 S5 z5 r
Coca-Cola Italia wants the scene to be cut before the film's Friday release. It's a demand the filmmaker thinks is ridiculous./ a$ p8 }( ?4 O& e% `. X
$ Y9 [% V& P1 N1 p" x“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.” & ]6 S. c9 @+ Q' F8 f $ g1 r7 d$ E" Y6 S& k. cBut 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.
