The last modern thing I liked was the miniskirt. Your technology, now, nobody understands it, that's the simple fact of the situation.

— Mr. Simms (Henry Burk Jones)

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10 seconds sound clip from the The Grifters movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:32:49 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Remove that. We want a full identification.

- No question, huh?

- That's it, then.

- Yeah. That's that.

(Car driving by)

- The last modern thing I liked was the miniskirt. Your technology, now, nobody understands it, that's the simple fact of the situation.

- Evening, Miss... Langtrey.

- Hello, Lilly.

- Roy, you scared me.

- You going somewhere?

- Somewhere else, that's for sure.

- I just came back from Phoenix.

[...]

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Actors: John Cusack (Roy Dillon), Anjelica Huston (Lilly Dillon), Annette Bening (Myra Langtry), Henry Burk Jones (Mr. Simms)

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