Thanks! Interpreting movies is always subjective, of course. I'm more certain that the intent of the Coen Brothers was to show that these characters were dead than I am that Jordan Peele intended the monster in Nope to be symbolic of movie fandom; but I could be wrong on both counts. https://medium.com/movie-deep-dives/nope-whats-it-all-about-90a22dea2f2d