I remember The Medusa Touch having quite a profound affect on me the first time I saw it as a child. It's possibly even an earliy influence that was responsible for steering me towards the works of Aleister Crowley in my teens. (The Pirate Bay magnet link).
In the following clip Richard Burton delivers a powerful and scathing criticism of western society's infatuation with war. I think his words hold much more relevance in today's current political climate than they did back in 1978...