Day 11 of Halloween - The Taking of Deborah Logan
Jason: I am not a big proponent of the found-footage style of movie making. Shaky cam makes my head hurt.And usually, those kinds of movies are light on the scares, choosing to fill in the extra space with overly emotional reaction shots. Keeping all of that in mind, The Taking Of Deborah Logan is not a typical example of this style. Not for the most part, anyways. Starting out as a doctoral thesis documentary about a woman suffering from Alzheimer’s and her deterioration from it, the camera work is pretty steady and is set up to be watchable. It looks like a camcorder but it isn’t all over the place. Of course, by the end, there is no stability at all and you only get glimpses of what’s going on around as the video cuts in and out and the sound is all echoey and distorted. But that isn’t what makes this one hard to watch. The depiction of the disease, while not 100% medically accurate, is emotionally spot on. Deborah is being cared for by her daughter, Sarah. Both are emot...