Harmy said:
Yeah. Although, I don't just use the GOUT as a reference. Wherever available, I compare different sources and references, trying to colour correct it the way I believe is closest to the original colour grading (which most of the time coincides with what I like, so that's cool) based on all references available to me. And of course, choices will be made based on personal preference even in my project, because the references sometimes simply aren't there. But in those cases, I usually make my choices based on what I think was probably in the original. That's the nature of my project.
The nature of your project is different - your effort is to make a version you'll like, which, unlike for me, isn't necessarily the original version, so the original colour timing doesn't really have to mean anything for your project and that OK too :-)
Harmy, in my mind, a transfer that has correct looking flesh tones is the 'original version' (unless all the characters in the cinema looked orange or had some other strange colour of flesh tone, which I doubt). I am using the flesh tones of the characters as a guide for what is the 'correct' colour grading, not colour grading to my own preferences. Basically all the theatrical references I have seen, like that LD screencap posted earlier, have had incorrect flesh tones, basically all those 35mm shots that were on the website that You_Too posted earlier had incorrect flesh tones, with the majority being affected by either red shift, green shift or yellow shift (presumably due to the film degrading). It's very difficult to see the colour grading with the GOUT because it is so often dark and the picture quality so poor (contrast and brightness all over the place most o the time).
Are there any other clearer colour references for these films that i'm not aware of? If there are I would really like to see them because I assure you I am trying to get back to the correct colours, using flesh tones as a guide, not creating colour grading that fits my fancy. I definately consider this project a preservation, so if there is a reliable guide for colour grading these films so they look like the theatrical release that i'm not aware of, please tell me. If you can't post the answer on this thread for whatever reason, please PM me.