BLUE BRIDES: Christine Morton is phasing out her bridalwear business due to the buuming success of her lingerie line, Christine & Co. Custom bridalwear should have been all but closed down by now but “ius hard to say no to a bride.” the West Van designer tald the News tast week. What makes it even harder is that the designer's CHAISTINE and Co... Sand-washed silk for the blushing bride. heart is in bridal. But what's become the heart of the business is the silk lin- gerie and loungewear that is selling well in stores across Canada and the U.S. Her silk skivvies and sexy slips are appearing in fash- ion magazines like Mademoiselle, Glamour and Flare. Saks Fifth Avenue chose to feature a Christine & Co. robe and PJs on the cover of its Mother’s Day catalogue (worn by Niki Taylor no less!). Eve, the company's plus-sized line which debuted in stores this spring, is selling well. This month the designer will begiz distribution of her lingerie in Japan.. And by mid-summer her fail fine will start making its way into the stores, with new fabrics and colors and an expanded collection of gift items. Brides will just have to take heart then in the news that Morton plans to continue producing exquis- ite trousseau pieces and “fantasies.” the one-of-a- kind creations incorporat- ing antique bits of lace that have become her trade- mark, CLOTHES FOR A CAUSE: Emily Murphy House hopes to re-enact its role as cause célebre of A- Wear. The North Van women’s shelter was one of a number of charities select- ed to benefit from the hip Howe Street. store's A- Wear-Ness Fund jast sum- mer. Twenty tive cents from each item sold went into the fund during the store's first year of operation. June 7 to 14, shoppers will be asked to vote on this year's reciptents. Emily Murphy House is joined by another North Shore cause, the Robert Ferguson Society, which supports AIDS organiza- tions through the sale of movie memorabilia. The others are: Children’s — Foundation. Canadian Cancer Society, Heart and Stroke Foundation, Save — the Children Fund. Children’s Wish = Foundation — and Celebration of Hope. — Layne Christensen BY LAYNE CHRISTENSEN Community Reporter MEETING his screen ido} has left Steve Campanelli with a career dilemma: where to go from here? The successful Hollywood camera operator — his latest work can be seen in Twister — and sometime North Van res- ident realized his childhood dream when he worked with Clint Eastwood during the filming of The Bridges of Madison County. It was his life goal just to meet the film star, and Campanelli had his chance several years earlier but had passed it up. BY JULIE CRAWFORD Contributing Writer He was a film-school student then and had an entry in the Montreal World Film Festival. Eastwood was a jury member and would be at the evening gala. But Campanelli chose not to attend. He was working (for free) on his first feature film, Meatballs 11, which he jokingly calls a “real classic." But Campanelli had a feeling he'd be given a second chance. Flash forward to 1994 and The Bridges of Madison County. “t don't think anything in my life will ever top that. It’s alt downhill from here,” says the likable and talkative 37-year-old. He's only half-serious. Business couldn't be better. THE rumbling in the theatre subsided and the audi- ence finally exhaled the collective breath it was hold- ing. Then the applause started. And that was only Twister’s first scene. Tivister, the summer's first blockbuster movie. stars Helen Hunt (of TV's Mad About You fame) and Bilt Paxton (Apolle 73). The two play soon-to-be divorced “storm-chasers” who. along with their motey crew of ragtag scientists, follow a series of devastating twisters. But the plot of Tivister is weak, a sidebar to the action in the film, HF you are looking for a great story, go see Jane Evre, And yes, the storyline is also far-fetched. It would be a quick lick if the scientists were sucked up by the first storm they encountered. Lastly, if you are a continuity vigilante then the abrupt weather changes, and such things as now-you-see-it, now-you- don’t broken windshields, will drive you to distraction. All this is forgivable because of the heart-stopping special effects throughout the movie. Much has been said of the big break Tivister has offered Hunt and Jaxton but it’s difficult to gain recognition in a film where the real star is the storm itself. The twisters devour everything in their paths, tearing barns and homes to splinters and toying with cars and semi-trailers before spitting them back to earth, Action-movie aficionados and staid PBS viewers alike will geta kick out of Tivister. Sev it before it conies to video. Twister is playing at Esplanade 6 cinemas, Call 983-2762 for showtimes. North Van cameraman Survives the good, 3 This month, Campane! 1, Bro tas been in Vancouver for a three- month rest-stop, leaves for Washington, D.C., to shoot Absolute Power, a political thriller starring Eastwood. The Montreal native first came to Vancouver in 1990 to shoot a mini-series and fell in love with the place. “The weather was perfect that year,” he jokes. He bought a rancher on East 21st Street but has barely had time to enjoy its domesticity. Work on the films Amazing Panda Adventure, Congo and Twister has taken him to China, Costa Rica and the American heartland’s Tormado Alley. Twister was the hardest film he'd ever worked on, “Jan De Bont (the director, the bad, the ugly also of Speed ) put us in jeopardy almost every day.” Aside from weathering De Bont’s notorious abuse, 105°F heat, 90% humidity and a real-life storm (“It wasn’t a full-blown tomado but it was as close as I want to get," says Campanelli), the crew endured flying debris, machine- made hail the size of golf balls and air- borne farm machinery. But back to the question: where to go from here? Maybe producing, he says. And he'd like to refocus his energies on the home- front: “I’ve built my career up all these years. | wouldn't mind settling down and sharing all this.”