I'm super excited to see this film. It's on my short list - maybe even this weekend. But for anyone rushing out to see a film shot entirely on an iPhone, it's not that simple. It was actually shot mostly on a Super8 film, but when he ran out of funding, the iPhone with an app filled int he gaps nicely: "Bendjelloul had shot nearly all of Sugar Man on expensive 8mm film when he ran out of funding, but he wasn't going to be satisfied with the product until the vision he had in his head was complete.
"It was just a very few shots left, but I needed those shots," the Swedish filmmaker told CNN recently. "One day I realized there was this $1[.99] app on my iPhone. And I tried it, and it looked basically the same as the real stuff." As an aside - I find it funny to hear Super8 referred to as "expensive". As far as stock goes - it's not too bad. But a $.99 app is definitely cheaper!the documentary was shot predominantly with an iPhone!!