A closer look

When life gives you obsolete media, build a real estate empire. Legendary French New Wave filmmaker Agnès Varda didn't just let her leftover 35mm film prints rot in a vault. In her later years, she repurposed entire reels from her less successful movies into massive, walk-through 'cinema shacks.' Light would shine through the physical celluloid frames, turning her financial flops into literal glowing architectural marvels. It's the ultimate artistic flex: recycling your own box office bombs into high-end modern art.