>>> WELCOME BACK
USUALLY PATTON OSWALT IS MAKING
US LAUGH, BUT HIS LATEST PROJECT
IS UNLIKE ANYTHING HE’S DONE ON
SCREEN BEFORE.
HE’S THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF A
SERIES THAT IS DEEPLY PERSONAL
IT’S CALLED "I’LL BE GONE IN THE
DARK."
IT FOLLOWS THE JOURNEY OF HIS
LATE WIFE.
SHE SPENT YEARS HUNTING THE
NOTORIOUS GOLDEN STATE KILLER
WHOSE CRIMES DATE BACK TO THE
1970s.
HE’S HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT
THANKS FOR TALKING WITH ME
TODAY.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON.
>> CAN YOU BRIEFLY SET UP WHAT
TO EXPECT FROM THIS SERIES
I CAN SAY IT IS COMPELLING, FOR
SURE
>> IT’S COMPELLING
IT’S VERY DISTURBING BECAUSE THE
FILM MAKER LIZ GARVIS FOLLOWS
THREE STORY LINES WHICH IS KIND
OF THE MICHELLE’S LIFE STORY,
HOW SHE KIND OF GOT INTO TRUE
CRIME AND HOW SHE BECOMES
OBSESSED WITH THE GOLDEN STATE
KILLER
IT ALSO FOLLOWS THE HISTORY OF
THE CRIMES THEMSELVES, THE
GOLDEN STATE KILLER IN NORTHERN
CALIFORNIA AND THEN SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
VERY DISTURBING, GRIM STUFF
DURING THE ’70s AND ’80s
THEN ALSO THE STORIES OF THE
VICTIMS, THE SURVIVORS, HOW
THEY -- YOU KNOW, WHAT THEIR
LIVES WERE LIKE AFTER ENCOUNT
ENCOUNTERING THIS MAN.
AND HOW THEY CONVERGE.
IT’S SUCH BRILLIANT
MULTI-LEVELED STORY TELLING.
>> YEAH.
I THINK IT WAS TWO YEARS AFTER
MICHELLE’S DEATH AUTHORITIES
CHARGED 72-YEAR-OLD FORMER
POLICE OFFICER JOSEPH JAMES
DeANGELO WITH THESE MURDERS.
SHE SUSPECTED DNA EVIDENCE WOULD
BE THE KEY
WHAT DO YOU THINK MICHELLE WOULD
HAVE THOUGHT ABOUT THIS?
>> SHE WOULD -- YOU KNOW WHAT?
I ALMOST -- I ALWAYS WANT TO
ANSWER THAT WITH SHE WOULD THINK
THIS
THEN I’VE GOT TO CATCH MYSELF
BECAUSE MICHELLE WAS SO COMPLEX
AND SURPRISING A PERSON.
IT’S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO EVER
JUST PREDICT WHAT SHE WOULD HAVE
THOUGHT.
SHE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT SOMETHING
THAT I COULD NOT HAVE IMAGINED
OR ANTICIPATED
>> SO TO BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT,
WE’RE RECORDING THIS INTERVIEW
WHICH IS SET TO AIR MONDAY, JUNE
29th, WHICH IS THE SAME DAY THE
MAN ACCUSED OF THESE CRIMES
JOSEPH JAMES DeANGELO IS
EXPECTED TO APPEAR IN COURT.
IT’S STILL UNCLEAR WHAT WILL
HAPPEN IN COURT.
WHAT ARE YOU HOPING HAPPENS?
>> WELL, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THE
VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS WILL BE
THERE.
THEY WILL LOOK AT HIM.
HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK BACK
AT THEM.
I HOPE THAT WHATEVER GETS HANDED
DOWN IS A -- FEELS LIKE JUSTICE
AND FEELS LIKE SOME KIND OF
SENSE OF SANITY TO THE SURVIVORS
AND VICTIMS THAT ARE THERE
THAT’S WHO MATTERS IN THIS
NOT HIM AND NOT THE JOURNALISTS.
IT’S THE VICTIMS AND THE
SURVIVORS.
>> I SHOULD SAY WE REACHED OUT
TO HIS ATTORNEYS AS OF TAPING
TIME AND HAVEN’T HEARD BACK YET.
WE’RE GOING TO PIVOT TO THIS
COMEDY SPECIAL
IT’S HILARIOUS
I’M THINKING HOW DOES HE -- YOU
BRING IT, YOU KNOW
YOU BRING THE JOY.
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
>> I THINK DOING THAT -- THIS
LATEST SPECIAL WAS KIND OF A
REBUKE TO THE GRIEF.
IT WAS LIKE A RESURGING OF THE
LIFE FORCE AND GOING, I’M NOT
GOING TO LET GRIEF WIN
IT WOULD BE SUCH AN INSULT TO
MICHELLE TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A
PARENT LEFT TO RAISE HER
DAUGHTER WHO’S ALSO GRIEVING AND
DAMAGED.
I’M JUST GOING TO LET THE LIFE
FORCE RESURGE AND TRY TO GIVE
ALICE A JOYFUL LIFE AND I’M
GOING TO TRY TO LIVE JOYFULLY.
I’VE FALLEN IN LOVE AGAIN.
I WAS NOT EXPECTING THAT
BUT I SAID IN THE SPECIAL, I’M
NOT GOING TO -- IF YOU SEE LOVE,
RUN AT IT.
RUN TOWARDS IT
>> YOU SAID -- IT’S FUNNY WHEN I
WAS WATCHING IT, YOU SAID I MET
THIS POEM OF A WOMAN
>> OH, YEAH.
>> THAT’S WHEN I -- I TOLD YOU
YOU HAVE THE BEST VOCABULARY ON
THE PLANET
AND I WAS LIKE, HONEY, YOU’VE
NEVER SAID I’M A POEM OF A
WOMAN.
SO BEAUTIFUL
>> SHE IS.
MEREDITH SALLINGER STEPPED UP
WHEN -- WE DIDN’T EVEN -- WE
JUST STARTED TALKING ONLINE ON
FACEBOOK
WE HAVE FRIENDS IN COMMON.
AND IT WAS JUST SOMEONE TO TALK
TO
THERE WASN’T ANYTHING ROMANTIC
ABOUT IT
IT WAS I MISSED HAVING SOMEONE
TO TALK TO IN THE DARK AT THE
END OF THE DAY TO ENGAGE WITH A
MIND THAT’S SO SMART AND SO
AGILE AND FANTASTIC.
JUST LIKE MICHELLE’S
AND WE JUST KIND OF TALKED FOR
THREE MONTHS AND FELL IN LOVE
WITHOUT REALIZING WE WERE
FALLING IN LOVE.
>> THAT’S GREAT.
SO THE TITLE OF THIS COMEDY
SPECIAL IS CALLED "I LOVE
EVERYTHING."
IT HAS BEEN A PLEASURE