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.