Happy to hear both of you liked my efforts; even if the applied grain is not immediately noticeable, it improves a bit the perceived resolution - as this grain plate is from 35mm film, and it's analog and "organic", it should be better than any fake grain IMHO; improving the contrast is important for the final result, too, as change the color grading to a better quality.
As I discovered there is NO italian BD for this movie, I will DEFINITELY want to do this project; but, as I wrote before, it's time to do the "next step", and include extras this time... I'm not sure if the KinoWelt german DVD has the same material found onto the Pioneer boxset laserdisc, but I HAVE to know it... best method will be to make an A/B comparison, but I have only the B part (laserdisc) while missing the A part (DVD)... anybody can help?...or should I start a new "The Arrival [spoRv]" thread right now, and ask there for help?!?