Despite my uninterest in Elephant, I agree that this film is highly underrated and under-viewed. The attention to detail, emotion (or post-addiction lack-thereof), and music are spot-on and help you empathize with Blake. The crescendo scene of Pitt on the drums was one of my favorite scenes in recent years and gave the viewers insight into the iceberg of emotion and history (mostly Comain’s) that lies under the dying remains of a troubled and creative human. The shooting style is justified much more in this film than it is in something like Elephant because the long takes and exploration of the locations brings the audience to a similar mental state as the main character, as they slowly follow him to his end.