i saw the bet in sydney last night . wow . it be a brave film from a first time film maker . brave for several reason . the writer or producer caroline gerard raise the fund entirely from the private sector and then set about assemble a top rate team of cast and crew who have deliver a remarkable ensemble effort . the story appear at the outset to be fairly a standard sydney harbour base yuppie drama but by the closing moment you realise that the story be anything but pedestrian . i wont give the game away but suffice to say it be quite a powerful and unique result . the casting be wonderful and matt newton manage to pull off a character that be believable and likable and trapped and in love and great look all in the space of 90 minute . aden young almost scene steal with his machiavellian portrayal a newton friend or foe . mark lee direct his first feature here and have a great command of the medium . i guess when you have 40 plus film credit under your belt and have work under peter weir and russell burton and chris noonan and john duigan among others you tend to pick up a thing or two . the music be another triumph here . the original music be symphonic and deftly enhance the emotion of each moment in a way that be sometimes lack in modern australian cinema . the use of bach in the apartment scene and the doof doof track in the night club be very well place . i hear some critic banging on about how the music score be overly romantic and inappropriate but do not these folk remember chinatown or lolita or after the deluge . go and see the film before it close and if you miss it at the cinema get the dvd .