The steamship travel to NY was really

Not exactly irrelevant because it was upon their voyage to America that the tensions between Jung & Freud increased and their differing views on "the method" became more apparent to themselves and each other. But I think the main reason Cronenberg kept it in was to use Freud's famous line, "Do they know we are bringing them the plague."

"An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all."~~Wilde

Far more than the movie lets on. There's a famous incident that is left out of the film.

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"Why do people always laugh in the wrong places?"
--Tom Cruise

The steamship travel to NY was really

The trip highlights to VERY IMPORTANT issues. However, it's presented subtly:
1- Class disparities, which is explored when the two men must go to separate cabins.
2- Anti-semitism, which is discussed when Jung tells Freud about a dream on the boat.

The main disagreement is their approach to explaining and healing the human mind. Their personal issue is that Jung hates Jews. Guess what Freud was?


The trip is also significant, because they are the fathers of Psychoanalysis and it's the first time America gets an in-person demonstration.


The one thing that bothered me about the boat trip was how badly the CG was used.