Meeting People Is Easy

Meeting People Is Easy follows Radiohead during the intense promotional period around their 1997 album OK Computer, capturing the band on the road and under the glare of media attention. Rather than a linear narrative, the film pieces together live performances, press encounters, backstage moments, and candid conversations to show how the constant travel and publicity takes its toll. You see the musicians at work and at loose ends, moments of focus and moments of fatigue, as interviews, rehearsals, and late nights accumulate. The film opens near the tour's kick off in Barcelona and stays with the group as the schedule and scrutiny wear on their energy and sense of purpose.

Directed by Grant Gee and released in 1998, the documentary was created with input from Giuseppe Cristiano and uses extensive archival footage and contemporary recording to document Radiohead's OK Computer era and world tour.

The film had a limited theatrical run and played festivals and specialty venues, so it never aimed for mainstream box office success. Its commercial footprint was modest, but it reached a dedicated audience through screenings and later home video and streaming circulation.

Over time Meeting People Is Easy became a reference point for candid, sometimes uncomfortable portrayals of life on tour, especially for bands moving from underground to global stardom. Fans and filmmakers have pointed to its unvarnished look at press overload and stage strain, and certain sequences of exhausted interviews and intense performances are often cited in discussions about music culture from the late 1990s.

Critics and viewers generally responded positively, and it holds a solid average among those who voted. Reviewers noted the film's mood and its emphasis on the psychological pressures of fame, media saturation, and creative expectation. It's less about triumph and more about the cost of visibility, showing how artistic work can be affected by relentless exposure and a packed itinerary.