Jean-Luc Godard passes away: French President Emmanuel Macron & Hollywood celebs pay tribute

Soon after news of French New Wave icon Jean-Luc Godard's death broke on Tuesday, tributes started pouring in from world leaders, fellow filmmakers, artistes and cinephiles around the world, reports 'Variety'. The first off the block was French President Emmanuel Macron, who described Godard as "the most iconoclastic of New Wave filmmakers, who had invented a resolutely modern, intensely free art. Actor, comedian, director and writer Stephen Fry said he had watched Godard's debut film 'Breathless' for the "umpteenth time again" two weeks ago and found it as compelling as ever. Oscar-winning Mexican director and author Guillermo Del Toro also paid homage to Godard on social media and kept retweeting tributes from others, one of them being from the French cinephile Philippe Rouyer, who wrote: "A last salute to #JeanLucGodard immense filmmaker who has not stopped rethinking his art since 'Breathless'.