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Michael Crichton's new novel, Airframe (Alfred A. Knopf; 351 pages; $26), is so camera ready, it might be poured directly onto the screen. That quality gives the book immediacy, but don't give the credit to Crichton's literary skill. He simply sketches in the familiar elements--a determined, divorced heroine; techno-speak; footsteps in the dark--and the reader, conditioned by the scores of suspense films he has seen, reflexively provides the art direction, special effects and stars (say Jodie Foster and perhaps Courteney Cox in a surprisingly strong Best Supporting Actress-nominated performance...
...time off with the Thai woman he hoped to marry, before heading back to Washington. Meanwhile, the FBI continued the investigation it had begun in January. Agents searched Nicholson's Virginia town house and Chevy van, dredged his computer hard drive, checked his accounts and finally used a hidden camera to videotape him as he photographed documents under his desk. On Nov. 16, the day before his 46th birthday, Nicholson was at Dulles International Airport in Washington, planning to board a flight for New York and from there a connection to Zurich. Waiting on the tarmac, disguised as ground crew...
...same walk. This time in the subway station he was met by a man who walked with him toward a taxi stand, where they were met by a car with the diplomatic plates of the Russian embassy, all in full view of his FBI tail. After Nicholson threw a camera bag into the trunk and got into the back seat, the car drove away. The affidavit notes drily: "This meeting with Russian nationals was not authorized...
HIDE-AND-SEEK Whether you're tracking a CIA spy through the streets of Bangkok or discreetly angling for a shot of Sean Penn, Minolta's versatile DimageV digital camera can help. The powerful zoom lens pops off on a short tether and then displays images on a 1.8-in. lcd color screen. An ideal tool for the paparazzi in all of us. Available spring...
...Euroflash; here he goes for sweeping visual sentiment. He wants to press you up against the characters, to make you feel the heat under their pale skin. So, as in his 1994 Danish TV series, The Kingdom (a bizarre blend of ER and Twin Peaks), he uses a handheld camera that swivels like a bobble-head doll. It's intimate, all right, and utterly maniacal--as deranged as the villagers think Bess has become...