![]() So I was like, "Yeah, I gotta write my 'Cats in the Cradle.'" And I think my daughter just said to me, when she was starting to travel around on her own, she just tossed off that, "I'll call you when I land," which is one of those things we say on the phone that are so emotive. So I was like, "I wanna write my 'Cats in the Cradle.'" Or "Father and Son" by Cat Stevens, "She's Leaving Home" by the Beatles, songs that are really about the pain of being a parent from the parent's point of view, not from the kid's point of view of rebellion against the parent, which is what most of rock and roll is gonna be about. And I know it's a hokey song, but I'm crying every time that song comes on. And so I said, "Yeah, enjoy every sandwich."īaltin: I love "Call Me When You Land." For you as a writer when you start to tap into those moments of vulnerability does it almost surprise you in a way to see that?ĭuchovny: Well, I'm glad you bring that up, cause of all the songs on the album, I think, "Oh, that's the softest, right?" I go through my life and every time "Cats In The Cradle" comes on, I lose my s**t. So he asked me if there was something that I wanted to be, like the mantra of the movie while we were shooting, like every day on the call sheet says this thing. And then on the call sheet sometimes you'll get an AD that likes to have sayings on the call sheet. ![]() And I know everybody who was working with me was probably thinking, "He's lost his mind," 'cause it's the only song I listened to for two weeks over and over and over again. So there was a version of "Knocking On Heavens Door" on that, and I was just kind of trying to keep my s**t together, prepping this movie, trying to keep my mind right, and I would listen to that song over and over again. So he had just released posthumously that last album, The Wind. But when did that happen?ĭuchovny: When I was prepping to direct a movie that I did called House Of D, my father died, and this was probably 2003 or 2004. This is California that we're doing." And I turned Kapinos onto Zevon, and then he became the patron saint for us, so not only in the show but also getting him in on the soundtrack whenever we could.īaltin: You say it was dumb luck you got into his music. And I just started listening and listening, and it was like, "Oh God, this guy's world. I don't know why I came to Zevon, it was really just dumb luck or just good sense. ![]() And I don't know if we talked about this the last time we talked, but I really didn't know that much about outside of "Werewolves of London" before I started prepping for Californication. I think Billy Bob Thornton had the interest and was trying to get it written or was trying to get it done, 'cause I think he was friends with Zevon. And he goes, "Hmm, that's really interesting." So if you get Jackson Brown's blessing, it has to happen.ĭavid Duchovny: When I was doing Californication, I think Tom Kapinos, the creator of the show, had somebody who came to him with like a Zevon biopic. And bringing this all full circle is that I just did an interview with Jackson Brown for an hour and I suggested this to him. And so now, of course, I know you guys just did a movie together. And you said, "I don't write songs, so there's no f**king way." Then I actually ran into Judd Apatow, who's a big Zevon fan, and I pitched him this idea. And I suggested to you that you should do a Zevon biopic. ![]() And the last song of the record, "Sea Of Tranquility," has a definite Warren Zevon feel to me. You will never remember this but we did an interview back about 2013 on the set of Californication, and it was when you were just learning guitar.
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