Re-Discovering Liu Na'Ou and His Man with a Camera: Authorial I, Written Diary, and Cinematic Writing

Ming-Yu Lee

《Concentric： Literary and Cultural Studies》 46卷2期 (2020/09) Pp. 195-215

https://doi.org/10.6240/concentric.lit.202009_46(2).0009

摘要

Liu Na'Ou (劉吶鷗, 1905-40) was one of the earliest avant-garde film and literature pioneers in Taiwan. Besides introducing Western Film theories to Taiwan, Liu also paid homage to Dziga Vertov's theory of the Kino-Eye by making a film called Man with a Camera (持攝影機的男人) in 1933. Liu's Man with a Camera is often dismissed as lacking in artistic merit. However, in this paper, I argue that there is considerably more to this film than critics have given it credit for. I will be re-interpreting Liu's film based on his own written diary (1927), which allows us to connect his film to the notion of cinematic writing, diary films and first-person cinema. This paper aims to explore this possibility by cross-referencing Liu's diary manuscript with his film, as well as examining the use of the personal camera and the authorial presence which lay hidden behind the trivial day-to-day documentations.

關鍵字

Liu Na'Ou ； Man with a Camera ； diary film ； first-person cinema ； Philippe Lejeune ； Laura Rascaroli

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