Citizen_Kane
During the filming of this, Orson Welles first film, he prevented studio executives from visiting the set. He understood their desire to control projects and he knew they were expecting him to do an exciting film that would correspond to his The War of the Worlds radio broadcast.
Citizen Kane is often ranked as the best film ever made.
It is loosely based on the life of the newspaper magnat, the real life Randolph Hearst. He was so angry about this movie that not a single newspaper or station of his media conglomerate was allowed to review the movie...