Big Wednesday
Quentin Tarantino later wrote that while he preferred "Milius's directorial debut "Dillinger", it's hard to argue against the idea that his surfer epic "Big Wednesday" isn't his classic... Except for "Big Wednesday", none of the Milius-directed films have a satisfying conclusion. And the climactic showdown between the heroic trio and the monster waves is so good it makes up for the rest (the trio's "Wild Bunch"-inspired walk to destiny is by far Milius's finest cinematic moment)... More than any other movie Milius directed, "Big Wednesday" contains the joy of filmmaking (he waited his whole career to make this movie). It also illustrates the problems with many of his other movies. Which by contrast seem to contain the frustration of filmmaking."