Jonathan Demme’s ‘Married to the Mob’ Arrives on 4K: Why His Pre-‘Silence of the Lambs’ Crime Comedy Is a Must-See

Tamara Ceaikovski

Cinématographe's 4K debut of the 1988 crime comedy, starring Michelle Pfeiffer and Matthew Modine, offers a new opportunity to examine Demme's transitional film between "Something Wild" and "The Silence of the Lambs." How long does it take to convincingly depict two people falling in love on screen? In director Jonathan Demme ‘s 1988 comedy “ Married to the Mob ,” it happens in less than two minutes, as Demme utilizes all his considerable filmmaking skills to show FBI agent Mike Downey (