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Teenager's Nose Bitten Off In Dispute Over Sin City

Australia - A filmgoer had to have his nose reattached after it was bitten off during a brawl over the merits of Sin City outside a NSW cinema.

The 19-year-old was leaving Metro Cinemas in Bathurst about 11:40pm yesterday when an argument broke out with another theater patron, police said today.

"The pair fought about whether the graphic, violent action film had made good viewing", Bathurst Police Inspector Cameron Lindsay said, "The teenager's nose was bitten off."

He was taken to Bathurst Base Hospital where the tip of his nose was successfully reattached early this morning.

The teenager was expected to be transferred to Sydney's Westmead Hospital for further surgery later today.

Inspector Lindsay said police were still searching for the other man involved.

Officers viewed closed-circuit video surveillance footage and had spoken to several witnesses about the fight.

"They didn't know each other but they started talking after the movie had finished," Inspector Lindsay said.

"There'd been an argument, apparently, over how good the movie was, and then an altercation."

Sin City, a comic strip adaptation, includes scenes depicting castration, murder, torture, decapitation, rape and misogyny.

One reviewer said the strongest impression it left was of "adrenalin-charged, hyper-kinetic violence".