Meeting People Is Easy
Meeting People Is Easy
| 20 March 1998 (USA)
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Meeting People Is Easy takes place during the promotion of Radiohead's 1997 release OK Computer, containing a collage of video clips, sound bites, and dialogue going behind the scenes with the band on their world tour, showing the eventual burn-out of the group as the world tour progresses. The inaugural show of the OK Computer tour began on 22 May 1997 in Barcelona, Spain.

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elw-94667

If you like Radiohead, watch this movie.It's got awesome behind the scenes footage of the band, rare footage of early versions of songs, and some hilarious moments with fans. It was shot during their tour after OK Computer and before Kid A. Obviously this was a very pivotal moment for the band. Really cool to see them play some parts of songs that would come out much later. I wish there were more Radiohead documentaries and movies, but this is really the only legit one. As a result, I have seen it many times. Very dank stuff indeed. I'm going to continue to type because I need ten lines for my review, but if you aren't convinced by now I'm not sure what else could make you watch it!

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DexIMF

"You will become a hypocrite. You'll become a liar. You'll try and paper-up your own cracks and... you know. And everybody does it. And that's what being an adult is. And then you have babies and... that's it."An interesting insight into, arguably, one of the greatest bands of all time, "Radiohead"--and its front-runner, Thom Yorke. You'll see loads of documentaries about glamor and classy lifestyle of musicians in limelight. You'll see very few, or maybe only this one, documentaries about how this fame and hype messes with your head as an artist. After the release of "OK Computer", the album is acclaimed as the best of the year, even as one of the bests of all time, by critics and audience around the world. However deserving this acclaim was, it came as a shocking surprise to the band who had released the album as just something they naturally wanted to say, and not as something they wanted people to like. The percussions of this sudden and massive change is something that's touched beautifully in this documentary. These guys are one of the most honest artists out there. They are just being themselves. (It's good to know that they didn't let blinding hype confuse their vision, and they kept pushing the envelope and raising the bar higher in following albums in future.)I regard the band's music as something that is always commenting about existentialism, materialistic lifestyle, technological dependence, and love, and hope, and dreams, just about everything, while their music always being abstract and subtle. That's why it's great to see that the visual style of this film complementing their style really well.It won't be a comfortable or easy watch for those who aren't familiar with their music, but it can give you a new perspective on a few things.

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Framescourer

It's a tough sell, this documentary. The band are very popular but their aesthetic is inhibited, possibly nihilistic and arguably whingy. The documentary, covering the period when they conquered the world following the release of the album OK Computer is technically rather well done and objectively very interesting (it shows the less glamorous, functional bits to world touring). But it is also soul-sapping in it's forensic examination of this dark side to celebrity, especially celebrity earned.On balance I found it a tough watch. The background noise, an unsympathetically uniform paste of noises on and off echoes Thom Yorke's own analysis of a line from his own Karma Police: 'it buzzes like a fridge'. I understand that Grant Gee (and Radiohead) are trying to make a point but I got it listening to the songs prior to watching the doc at all. For a much more slick, engaging but no less 'real' documentary of life on the modern alt-rock-indie road I recommend Please Leave Quietly (Maria Mochnaz, 2006) above this. 5/10

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studhead182

Yes I indeed enjoyed this movie...I only bought this for one reason...RADIOHEAD! Probably one of the greastest bands of all time and my favorite. This movie actually got me to know how Radiohead is when there not recording music and selling records.

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