why do i rent this dvd . well and i be drive down the road a couple month ago and decide to google up my childhood best friend from when i be 11 12. eric byler . i have try to find him a few year back to no avail . you will notice in the movie that cody chestnutt have a little league patch on one shoulder and lori ( i believe ) wear a baseball shirt at one point . that no accident and a eric be our # 1 pitcher and we may have make it to the world series if he have not break his finger in practice after we win the va state title . to think that our team picture be on the cover of a phone book back in 1984. crazy . i visit him in hawaii in 1986 and lose touch afterwords and remember his discussion of how the local there treat him differently a a hapa ( eric mother be full blood asian and although she grow up in the same neighborhood with his father in the u. s. ) anyway and it be no surprise to me that eric go into writing and directing . he be a very interesting and creative kid and i still have some of his cartoon and a fond memory of the purple flower joke . a for the film and i can not give it extremely high mark and but it be very well make . see it if you want a different type of love story . my favorite low budget film be probably blood simple and which have both a love triangle and murder theme . the background music be really well do in that film and i give eric very high mark for his scoring of c .